α. 1500s afyon, 1700s– afion, 1600s– affion (rare), 1500s aphion.
β. 1500s–1700s amfion, 1600s– anfion.
单词 | afion |
释义 | afionn.α. 1500s afyon, 1700s– afion, 1600s– affion (rare), 1500s aphion. β. 1500s–1700s amfion, 1600s– anfion. Now rare and chiefly historical. Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap oozeeOE sapOE milkOE slime?c1225 juicec1290 humoura1398 opiuma1398 watera1425 sop1513 afion1542 suc1551 suck1560 ab1587 lymph1682 blood1690 fluid1705 humidities1725 succus1771 plant milk1896 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > a) narcotic drug(s) > opium poppyOE opiec1385 opiuma1398 afion1542 meconium1601 mud1852 yen she1882 smoke1884 dope1886 hop1887 twang1898 weed1918 gow1922 yen1926 tar1935 gee1936 1542 tr. A. Geuffroy Order Greate Turckes Courte p. lxxiii Yf they fid no wyne they eate an herbe called Afyon [Fr. quilz appellent Afion], of the apothecaries Opium whych maketh them lese al thought remembraunce & feare. 1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) ii. f. 40v When they [sc. Souldiers and Captaynes of the Turkes] labour much, after the time that they be lodged, that they may take their rest, they receiue Aphion, and sleepe with it. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. lxxviii. 124/1 Amfion [Du. het Amfion] is made of sleepe balles or Poppie, and is the gumme which commeth forth of the same. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. ix. x. 1530 (margin) Anfion is a kind of herbe that makes drunke. 1708 J. Stevens tr. B. L. de Argensola Discov. Molucco & Philippine Islands ix. 222 in New Coll. Voy. & Trav. It was reported, they had taken their Anfion, that is, a Composition of Opium, as the Turks do. 1797 J. Dallaway Constantinople xviii. 289 In that district the afion, or liquid opium, is made in great quantities. 1828 F. V. J. Arundell Seven Churches Asia 252 The Afion, or liquid opium, of which great quantities are made in the district extending from Afion-kara-hissar to Ushak, is another important article of commerce. 1865 A. E. Sansom Chloroform 2 The ancient Egyptians used..various preparations of Indian hemp (Cannabis Indica), the juice of the poppy (Affion, the meconium of the Greeks) and another which was used when opium was scarce. 2003 Drug Market Bulgaria (Center Study Democracy) 7 Although opiate dependency was generally perceived as a deviation, afion fiends were more often ridiculed than condemned. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1542 |
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