Hashish
/həˈʃiːʃ/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking. uncountable, usually
"Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much."
- 2 purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen wordnet
- 3 A cannabis extract. uncountable, usually
- 4 Marijuana generally. slang, uncountable, usually
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More examples"The seneschal gets his packets of dried hashish stems at those dear Serge and Sacha's place."
Etymology
From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).