meth

meth · noun¹

Clipping of methamphetamine.

meth · noun²

Clipping of methadone.

meth · noun³

From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.

meth · noun⁴

1. Latin · derived frommedicus
2. Welsh · derived frommeddyglyn
3. English todaymeth

From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

meth · noun⁵

Clipping of method, which see.

Words from the same roots