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majoun

majoun noun: a paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.

Noun

majoun (uncountable)

  1. A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
    • I recall once after an overdose of Majoun (this is Cannabis dried and finely powdered to consistency of green powdered sugar and mixed with some confection or other usually tasting like gritty plum pudding, but the choice of confectionary is arbitrary . . .).1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, pages 219–220

Forms of majoun

alternative formmajum
alternative formmajun
alternative formmadjoon
alternative formmadjoun
alternative formmajoon

Origin of majoun

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, literally “paste”).

Questions about majoun

What does majoun mean?
Majoun means a paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
What part of speech is majoun?
Majoun is a noun.

Words near majoun in the dictionary

  1. majors
  2. Majors Creek
  3. majors in
  4. majorship
  5. majorships
  6. majoun
  7. majour
  8. majours
  9. majties
  10. majty
  11. Majuli

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