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opiism|ˈəʊpɪɪz(ə)m|
[f. opi-um + -ism.]
The intoxication induced by taking opium; the habit of taking opium as an intoxicant or stimulant. So ˈopiize v. trans., to affect or intoxicate with opium.
1889Leisure Hour 438 Experience had taught him to know all the stages of the opiised state. Ibid. 440 Unmistakable tokens of the torpor of opiism. 1894Westm. Gaz. 23 July 3/2 A very short time suffices for the establishment of ‘opiism’. |