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laudanums

laudanums is the plural of laudanum.

laudanums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laudanum.

Meaning of laudanum

Noun

laudanum (usually uncountable, plural laudanums)

  1. (usually) Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.
    • Ever since my recovery from the fever I had been in the custom of taking every night a small quantity of laudanum; for it was by means of this drug only that I was enabled to gain the rest necessary for the preservation of life.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 4, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...

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Phrases with laudanums

Questions about laudanums

What is laudanums the plural of?
Laudanums is the plural of laudanum.

Words near laudanums in the dictionary

  1. laudanine
  2. laudanosine
  3. laudanum
  4. laudanumed
  5. laudanuming
  6. laudanums
  7. Laudat
  8. laudate
  9. laudated
  10. laudates
  11. laudating

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