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Opium vs Thebaic - What's the difference?

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opium

English

(wikipedia opium)

Noun

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

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    thebaic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * thebaic

    Adjective

    (-) (rare, archaic)
  • Theban; Of or pertaining to Thebes, especially in the context of the scriptures.
  • *1957', Heinrich Boll, L. Vennewitz (tr.) - priests, monks, missionaries who, by way of this strange detour via Ireland, brought the spirit of ' Thebaic ascetisism to Europe
  • Of or pertaining to opium.
  • *1791', William Lewis, ''The Edinburgh New Dispensatory'' - '''''Thebaic extract, half a dram.
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Sahidic dialect of the .
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) An opium-based medication or tincture such as laudanum.
  • References

    * The Oxford English Dictionary

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