单词 | pantagruelion |
释义 | Pantagruelionn. literary. A name given by Rabelais to: a magical plant capable through its many applications of furthering the progress of the human race.Usually taken to be hemp, from some of the properties Rabelais ascribes to it; as for instance providing the source of the hangman's rope, and hence a ‘cure’ for criminality (see quot. 1857). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > hemp plant hempa1000 gallow-grass1562 Indian hemp1598 cannabis1687 Pantagruelion1708 abaca1751 Congo tobacco1851 marijuana1874 smoking weed1957 1708 P. Motteux in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. I. Pref. p. lxx Pantagruel, at the very first Minute of his Birth, was no less tall than the Herb Pantagruelion. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. x. 256 An immediate external application..of that famous herb Pantagruelion, cure for all public ills and private woes. 1860 Atlantic Monthly June 721/1 Clarian wanted to persuade us that the herb Pantagruelion was no other than Haschish. 1974 Stud. in Renaissance 21 64 This is clearly the message intended by Rabelais in his poetic use of the herb Pantagruelion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1708 |
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