marijuana

marijuana
marijuana 1918, altered by influence of Spanish proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mex.Sp. marihuana, of uncertain origin.
Marijuana ... makes you sensitive. Courtesy has a great deal to do with being sensitive. Unfortunately marijuana makes you the kind of sensitive where you insist on everyone listening to the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' fifty or sixty times. [P.J. O'Rourke, "Modern Manners," 1983]

Etymology dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • marijuana — [ marirwana; mariʒɥana ] n. f. VAR. marihuana • 1933; mot esp. d Amérique, d o. i., par l angl. ♦ Drogue faite des feuilles et des tiges du chanvre indien, séchées et hachées. ⇒ haschisch, herbe, 1. kif, marie jeanne, shit. Fumer de la marijuana …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Marijuana (EP) — Marijuana EP by Brujeria Released October 3, 2000 Recorded January 11, 1997 …   Wikipedia

  • marijuana — MARIJUÁNA s.f. Stupefiant asemănător cu haşişul, extras din frunzele unei specii de cânepă. [pr.: marihuana] – Din sp., fr. marijuana. Trimis de claudia, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  MARIJUANA [pr.: marihuána] f. Stupefiant obţinut din frunzele… …   Dicționar Român

  • marijuana — n. 1. A strong smelling Asian plant ({Cannabis sativa}), also called {hemp}, from which a number of euphorogenic and halucinogenic drugs are prepared. The euphoric effect is predominently due to {tetrahydrocannabinol} ({THC}). [Also spelled… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • marijuana — index cannabis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 marijuana n. Cannabis; a plant wh …   Law dictionary

  • marijuana — s. m. [Botânica] Variedade de cânhamo cujas folhas e flores têm propriedades que provocam alterações no sistema nervoso central. = HAXIXE   ‣ Etimologia: espanhol marijuana …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Marijuana — Marijuana,   Synonym für Stoned …   Universal-Lexikon

  • marijuană — marijuánă s. f. (pl. – ) Trimis de gall, 02.02.2008. Sursa: DMLR …   Dicționar Român

  • marijuana — /mæri hwa:nə/, it. /mari wana/ s. angloamer. [voce di origine prob. sp., di etimo incerto], usato in ital. al femm., invar. [droga leggera che si ottiene facendo seccare le foglie della canapa indiana e che generalm. si fuma in sigarette]… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • marijuana — ⊕ marijuana → marihuana …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”