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Valium Pharm.|ˈvælɪəm|
Also valium.
[Etym. uncertain.]
A proprietary name for the drug diazepam, C16H13N2OCl, used esp. as an anti-anxiety agent, hypnotic, and muscle relaxant given orally or by injection; a tablet of this.
1961Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Oct. tm 50/1 Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, N.J... Valium for psychotherapeutic agent. 1962Trade Marks Jrnl. 10 Jan. 32/2 Valium... All goods included in Class 5. Roche Products Limited,..Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire; manufacturers. 1972Guardian 18 Sept. 14/5 She had taken an overdose of Valium after getting drunk the night before. 1976C. Blackwood Stepdaughter i. 59, I have been swallowing fistfuls of valium to try to calm myself. 1979N. Mailer Executioner's Song (1980) i. xx. 342 Even with two Valiums to mellow her out, she felt crazy inside every time she thought about Barrett selling her car, so kept waiting for the Valium to take effect, but they didn't.
Hence ˈValiumed ppl. a., affected by taking Valium.
1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 21 My Valium-ed mother fluttered between them on the sofa. 1978‘P. Mann’ Steal Big ii. 16, I spent about a year this way..Valiumed out of my skull for ten terrible days. |