Laudanum
['lɔːd(ə)nəm;'lɒ-] or ['lɔdənəm]
Definition
(noun.) narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
Editor: Seth
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tincture of opium.
Inputed by Logan
Definition
n. a preparation of opium: tincture of opium.
Inputed by Julio
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you take laudanum, signifies weakness of your own; and that you will have a tendency to be unduly influenced by others. You should cultivate determination. To prevent others from taking this drug, indicates that you will be the means of conveying great joy and good to people. To see your lover taking laudanum through disappointment, signifies unhappy affairs and the loss of a friend. To give it, slight ailments will attack some member of your domestic circle.
Typist: Willard
Unserious Contents or Definition
Prays for himself—after taking.
Typist: Shelley
Examples
- But I am going to prepare the laudanum for Mr. Blake; and I must request you to be present, and to see what I do. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am too ignorant of the influence of laudanum to have an opinion of my own, I answered. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On the ledge at the side, were an empty laudanum-bottle and a tortoise-shell handled penknife--soiled, but not with ink. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Pray let me see you measure out the laudanum; I want to have something to do with it, even in the unimportant character of a mere looker-on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It now occurred to him, that the laudanum had taken some effect on you, which had not been foreseen by the doctor, any more than by himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I don't understand the effect of the laudanum on me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The sooner I am ready for my second dose of laudanum, the better I shall be pleased. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We found him moving restlessly from side to side of the bed, and wondering irritably whether he was to have the laudanum that night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The laudanum was secretly given to you in some way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You exasperate Mr. Candy, the doctor, on the sore subject of his profession; and he plays you a practical joke, in return, with a dose of laudanum. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It's not very easy for me to leave him unless he knows why; I couldn't give him a drink of laudanum before I came away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He privately drops the dose of laudanum into your cold grog. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I measured out the forty minims from the bottle, and poured the laudanum into a medicine glass. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Ned