Placidyl
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Trade name of ethchlorvynol, a sedative. countable, uncountable
"His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four."
- 2 a mild sedative-hypnotic drug (trade name Placidyl) wordnet
Example
More examples"His horror of insomnia, compounded with a family history of compulsive worrying, caused him to down three or four Placidyls, Seconals, Quaaludes, or Tuinals almost every night—and often it was a combination of all four."
Etymology
Marketing name, apparently from placid + -yl.