marijuana English · revision 6879

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=1874|origins=es mariguana}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə/ ''(UK)''; /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/, /ˌmæɹ-/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|es|mariguana|t=Mexican Spanish mariguana, marihuana]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) of obscure or uncertain origin.^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Etymonline notes that the plant was not native to Mexico, so a native source for the word seems unlikely.^(Etymonline) The English spelling marijuana (1918) was probably influenced by the Spanish name María Juana, Mary Jane.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A preparation of hemp smoked as a drug: 1894 as mariguan in the OED and Etymonline;^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) MWU dates it to 1874.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The restored spelling marihuana is from 1907,^(Barnhart 1988) and the plant itself is called marijuana from 1907.^(OED 1989) The spelling marajuana is from 1918.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) Compounds such as ''marijuana cigarette'' and ''marijuana addict'' are from 1936,^(OED 1989) and a figurative use from 1948.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1874 – first use (MWU).^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1894 – mariguan, the drug.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1907 – marihuana; the plant.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1918 – marajuana.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1936 – marijuana cigarette.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, smoked or eaten as a [[drug]]; [[cannabis]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The hemp plant, ''Cannabis sativa''.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cannabis]]

+ * [[hemp]]

+ * [[hashish]]

+ * [[Mary Jane]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}