Slang a methaqualone pill
Origin of lude
from quaalude
noun
Lude is slang for a Quaalude, or a pill containing the sedative methaqualone.
An example of a lude is a pill sold under the brand name Mandrax.
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lude
noun
SlangA quaalude.
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Noun
(plural luden)
Origin
From Middle English lude (“noise, clamor, sound"), from Old English hlȳd (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension"), from Proto-Germanic *hlÅ«dijÅ (“sound"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- (“to hear"). Cognate with Scots lood, luid (“sound, noise, tone, voice"), Dutch geluid (“sound"), German Laut (“sound"), Swedish ljud (“sound"), Icelandic hljóð (“sound").
Origin
From Quaaludeâ„¢
Origin
From Preludeâ„¢
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lude - Medical Definition
n.
Slang
A quaalude.
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Sentence Examples
- This countship, the extent of which seems to have been practically identical with that of the ecclesiastical diocese of Angers, occupied the greater part of what is now the department of Maine-et-Loire, further embracing, to the north, Craon, Bazouges (Chateau-Gontier), Le Lude, and to the east, Chateau-la-Valliere and Bourgueil, while to the south, on the other hand, it included neither the present town of MontreuilBellay, nor Vihiers, Cholet, Beaupreau, nor the whole district lying to the west of the Ironne and Thouet, on the left bank of the Loire, which formed the territory of the Mauges.