opium

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈoʊpi.əm/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈəʊpi.əm/

Noun

opium

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.
2. (countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
   • "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, . . . It is the opium of the people." - Karl Marx

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

Translations

• French: opium
• German: Opium
• Italian: oppio
• Portuguese: ópio
• Russian: о́пий
• Spanish: opio

Translations

• German: Opium

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