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heroin

noun

  1. chemical compound; opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects
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Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹoʊ.ɪn/ / /hɛəɹoʊ.ɪn/

noun

  1. Obsolete spelling of heroine.

    Strictly Orthodox, Porcia has bent her Fortune and Applications to the Advantage of the true Religion. In a word, no Perfection is feeble, or ſhines dim in Porcia; all is ſtrenuous, bright, confirm’d, and unexceptionable. She only is worthy to ſupply the Loſs of Ximena, in ſo great a Breaſt as Horatio’s, were Fortune to do what Merit has done, wou’d ſhe not make the Union? Where more juſtly cou’d we beſtow the Charms of a Heroin, who has done all things for Vertue and Honour, than in the Arms of a Hero, who has left nothing undone for Fame and Glory?

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