Valerie

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "Valerie, call on me / Come and see me / I'm the same boy I used to be"

Noun
  1. 1
    The psychotropic drug 1V-LSD. slang, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French Valérie, from Latin Valeria. Doublet of Valeria.

Etymology 2

From valeryl, part of the chemical name of the drug, and alluding to the female name. Compare Lucy (“the drug LSD”).

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