Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

nicotine


nic·o·tine

noun \ˈni-kə-ˌtēn\

Definition of NICOTINE

: a poisonous alkaloid C10H14N2 that is the chief active principle of tobacco and is used as an insecticide

Origin of NICOTINE

French, from New Latin nicotiana
First Known Use: 1819

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: nicotined
Previous Word in the Dictionary: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
All Words Near: nicotine

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up nicotine? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).