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English

Alternative forms

• hasheesh

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?aš?š, “hay, dried herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???i??/, /hæ??i??/, /?hæ???/

Noun

hashish (usually uncountable, plural hashishes)

1. The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44:

     Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.

   • 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins

     You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?

2. A cannabis extract.
3. (slang) Marijuana generally.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana

Related terms

• hash

Translations

Anagrams

• Sha-shih, shishah

Italian

Alternative forms

• hascisc, hascisc', ascisc, ascisc'

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic ??????? (?aš?š, “hay, dried herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.?i??/, (traditional) /a???i??/
• Hyphenation: ha?shìsh

Noun

hashish m (invariable)

1. hashish

References

• hashish in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana