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cocain

cocain is the obsolete spelling of cocaine.

Meaning of cocaine

Noun

cocaine (countable and uncountable, plural cocaines)

  1. (uncountable) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
    1. (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.
      • Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker-street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.1891 June 25, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London...
  2. (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.

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Questions about cocain

What is cocain the obsolete spelling of?
Cocain is the obsolete spelling of cocaine.

Words near cocain in the dictionary

  1. cocada
  2. cocadas
  3. cocaethylene
  4. Cocagne
  5. Cocaigne
  6. cocain
  7. cocaine
  8. cocaine addict
  9. cocaine addicts
  10. cocaine base
  11. cocaine bugs

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