heroin

Etymology 1
Since the 1890s, from, originally a trademark, from and the suffix. Said to have been called thus to evoke quick and sweeping effect as a painkiller and cough suppressant (its original uses). Alternatively explained as a reference to the.

Noun

 * 1) A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
 * 2) * 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
 * The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
 * 1) * 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
 * The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
 * The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Albanian: heroina
 * Arabic: هِيرُويْن
 * Armenian: հերոին
 * Azerbaijani: heroin
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: гераі́н
 * Bulgarian: хероин
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 海洛英, 白粉, 灰, 粉, 四仔
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: heroin
 * Danish: heroin
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: heroino
 * Estonian: heroiin
 * Faroese: heroin
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: heroína
 * Georgian: ჰეროინი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: הרואין
 * Hindi: हेरोइन
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: heróín
 * Ido:
 * Irish: héaróin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ហេរ៉ូអ៊ីន
 * Korean: 헤로인
 * Latin: heroinum
 * Latvian: heroīns
 * Lithuanian: heroinas
 * Macedonian: херои́н
 * Norwegian: heroin
 * Nynorsk: heroin
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: херо̀ӣн
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: heroini
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: герої́н
 * Urdu: ہیروئین
 * Vietnamese: bạch phiến
 * Welsh: heroin

Etymology
. Attested since 1898.