peyotl

English

Noun

peyotl (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of peyote.
    • 1954, Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, Chatto & Windus, page 5:
      Jaensch, Havelock Ellis and Weir Mitchell began their experiments with mescalin, the active principle of peyotl.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 154:
      Peyotl eating, as a tribal habit, is current at the present time and retains its substitutional characteristic as a replacement of the Christian sacrament.

Anagrams

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Noun

peyotl

  1. peyote.

Central Nahuatl

Noun

peyotl

  1. peyote.

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Related to peyōni "to glisten" according to Andrews (2003).

Pronunciation

Kartunnen (1983) writes peyotl; Andrews (2003) writes peyōtl; Lockhart (2001) says "length of vowels unknown; o most likely long".

Noun

peyotl

  1. peyote (Lophophora williamsii)

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard. (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, Revised Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, page 246.
  • Karttunen, Frances. (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Texas Press, page 193.
  • Lockhart, James. (2001) Nahuatl as Written, Stanford University Press, page 229.
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