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opiums

opiums is the plural of opium.

Meaning of opium

Noun

opium (countable and uncountable, plural opiums or opia)

  1. (uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
    • From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], →OCLC, page 277
  2. (broadly, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
    • Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.1843, Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie [A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right]
    Synonyms:
    opiate

Questions about opiums

What is opiums the plural of?
Opiums is the plural of opium.

Words near opiums in the dictionary

  1. opium-eating
  2. opiumism
  3. opiumist
  4. opiumists
  5. opiumlike
  6. opiums
  7. OPLA
  8. oplan
  9. oplatek
  10. oplateks
  11. oplax

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