meth

Meaning

Noun

• A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
• Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
• Methadone.
• A tramp.
• Marijuana.

Origin

• From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.
• From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (from Latin medicus) + llyn (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
• , which see.