dexedrine
dexedrine noun: a brand name for dextroamphetamine.
Noun
dexedrine (countable and uncountable, plural dexedrines)
- A brand name for dextroamphetamine.
- I drank gin-and-hot-water to blunt the pain and took Dexedrine to blunt the gin and wrote the piece.1968, Joan Didion, “A preface”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- […]—and then all soaring on—what?—acid, peyote, morning-glory seeds, which were very hell to choke down, billions of bilious seeds mulching out into sodden dandelions in your belly, bloated—but soaring!—or IT-290, or dexedrine, benzedrine, methedrine— Speed!—or speed and grass—[…]1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page 60
Forms of dexedrine
| plural | dexedrines |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Dexedrine |
Origin of dexedrine
Brand name.
Words formed from dexedrine
Questions about dexedrine
- What does dexedrine mean?
- Dexedrine means a brand name for dextroamphetamine.
- What part of speech is dexedrine?
- Dexedrine is a noun.
- What is the plural of dexedrine?
- The plural of dexedrine is dexedrines.
Words near dexedrine in the dictionary
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