Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cachectic state produced by the use of absinthe (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinth.
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- noun The condition of being
poisoned by theexcessive use ofabsinthe , that containabsinthe oil .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It produces a special affliction of the mind, which might be called absinthism.
The Dream Doctor 1908
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→Validation of absinthism: added a humble but essential hyphen.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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An analysis of the history of that level seem, in part, to be based on the assumption that there was a disorder of absinthism, it was caused by thujone, and the techniques available for analyzing thujone concentration overestimated its actual concentration.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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An analysis of the history of that level seem, in part, to be based on the assumption that there was a disorder of absinthism, it was caused by thujone, and the techniques available for analyzing thujone concentration overestimated its actual concentration.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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An analysis of the history of that level seem, in part, to be based on the assumption that there was a disorder of absinthism, it was caused by thujone, and the techniques available for analyzing thujone concentration overestimated its actual concentration.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
whichbe commented on the word absinthism
Disease resembling alcoholism. (from Phrontistery)
May 22, 2008