Chloralist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who uses chloral as a narcotic; a chloral addict.
"There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization."
Example
More examples"There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization."
Etymology
From chloral + -ist.
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