Meanings
nounchloralist (plural chloralists)
plural chloralists
- A person who uses chloral as a narcotic; a chloral addict.
There were those who drank of it for taste or pleasure; and who were spoken of as "mandragorites," as we might speak of alcoholics or chloralists. They passed into the land of sleep and dream, and waking up in scare and alarm were the screaming mandrakes of an ancient civilization.
1879 August 16, Littell's Living Age, page 427, column 2
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchlorine
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishchloral
- Englishchloralist
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APA
chloralist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chloralist
MLA
“chloralist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chloralist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chloralist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chloralist.
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