Definitions for opium

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opium o·pi·um

Spelling: [oh-pee-uh m]

IPA: /ˈoʊ pi əm/

Opium is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in opium (imopu).

Definitions for opium

noun

1. the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
2. anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions.

Origin of opium

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Greek ópion poppy juice, equivalent to op(ós) sap, juice + -ion diminutive suffix

Examples for opium

The purchaser then brought, or sent, an order on board the ship, for the delivery of the opium.

In the end, the big question this book deals with is: What forces led to the prohibition of opium?

I want a dressing gown made from it, to inspire my opium dreams.

And almost no event plays a larger role in that identity as a victim than the opium Wars.

For every box of opium sold, the mate got a china dollar as a perquisite.

Before the war, international rules were established to try and curtail the opium trade in the east.

The opium that I had taken in my potion made my head rather heavy.

The opium trade, perhaps beneficially, brought matters to a crisis.

The effect was like that of opium, and gave the user visions.

In 2011, Iran accounted for 80 per cent of the opium seizures in the world, and 30 percent of the heroin seizures.