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nicotined

nicotined

1 7.9
Containing the drug found in tobacco
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɪkəˌtiːnd/
: nicotinado
  • She noticed the nicotined stains on her fingers after smoking.

Examples

  • Never married, she worked in the commissioner's office at the courthouse and smoked Lucky Strikes right down to nicotined knuckles.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • A nicotined fingernail flicks bubbles in the syringe.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The laboratory tested the effects of nicotined substances on various plants.

  • The researchers examined a sample of nicotined tobacco leaves for their chemical properties.

Surface Forms

nicotined positive

Morphology

nicotined = nicotine (transparent) = nicotine + ed

Formed by adding the adjectival/past-participle suffix '-ed' to 'nicotine', yielding 'treated with or containing nicotine', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Nicotined comes from nicotine, the chemical from tobacco, and nicotine was named after Jean Nicot, a French man who sent tobacco to Europe long ago. So, something nicotined is 'containing nicotine' or 'treated with nicotine', which explains its modern use.