Opium Word Meaning

Etymology:

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek opion ‘poppy juice’, from opos ‘juice’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘water’

Audio Pronunciation:

Definition:

a reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used illicitly as a narcotic and occasionally in medicine as an analgesic

Short Definition:

reddish-brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from juice of opium poppy, used illicitly as narcotic

Examples:

• he was addicted to opium