† morphetinen.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French morphétine.
Etymology: < French morphétine (E. Marchand 1844, in Jrnl. de chimie médicale 10 365), irregularly < Morphée , French form of the name of Morpheus (see Morpheus n.) + -ine -ine suffix5, after nouns ending in -tine.
Chemistry.
Obsolete.
rare.
1865 H. Watts III. 1050 Morphetine, a product of the oxidation of morphine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).