Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

majoun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-joun
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I recall once after an overdose of Majoun (this is Cannabis dried and finely powdered to consistency of green powdered sugar and mixed with some confection or other usually tasting like gritty plum pudding, but the choice of confectionary is arbitrary . . .)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, literally “paste”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: مَعْجُون, ع ج ن

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

majum (alternative) majun (alternative) madjoon (alternative) madjoun (alternative) majoon (alternative)

Questions

What does majoun mean?: A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
Where does majoun come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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