cigarette
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
Noun
- A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait. - 1897...
- He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate. - 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
- Tobacconist: Right. I want to try you on a course of these: one twenty times a day. Have you taken them before? Patient: Um, what is it? Tobacconist: It's a simple nicotinal arsenous monoxid preparation taken...
Origin
Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
Forms
Synonyms
bine blem bogie boagie butt cancerette cancer stick boon cig cigaret cigarette ciggy coffin nail cowboy killer darb dart death stick durben durrie durry fag gaf gasper gwaai
Hyponyms
electronic cigarette filter tip kretek marijuana cigarette menthol cigarette nonfilter slim unfilter Camel Marlboro Woodbine roll up roll-up rollup rollie roll-your-own
Related
Derived
anticigarette cancerette cigalike cigarette beetle cigarette-boat cigarette boat cigarette burn cigarette camp cigarette card cigarette case cigarette deck cigarette end cigarette filter cigarette girl cigarette-holder cigarette holder cigaretteless cigarette lighter cigarettelike cigarette machine cigarette pants cigarette paper cigarette pastry cigarettism
Verb
- To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
- Could someone cigarette me?
Hypernyms: light up