Cocainize
/ˈkoʊ.keɪ.ɪˌnaɪz/noun
To treat or adulterate with cocaine, or to make cocaine-like in effect.
Did you know?The verb cocainize is built from the drug name cocaine plus the productive verbal ending -ize, reflecting the late-19th-century medical era when new substances were quickly turned into action-words.
Etymological Timeline
1850s
French
cocaïne
“A crystalline alkaloid extracted from coca leaves”
1859
German
Cocain
“The alkaloid cocaine”
1860s
English
cocaine
“The drug cocaine, especially in medical and chemical contexts”
Late 19th Century
English
cocainize
“To apply or treat with cocaine; to anesthetize with cocaine”
Modern English
English
cocainize
“To administer or adulterate with cocaine”