Nicotine

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 69

nik′o-tin, n. a poisonous, volatile, alkaloid base, obtained from tobacco.— adj. Nicō′tian , pertaining to tobacco, from Jean Nicot (1530-1600), the benefactor who introduced it into France in 1560.— n. a smoker of tobacco.— n.pl. Nicotiā′na , the literature of tobacco.— n. Nic′otinism , a morbid state induced by exce ive misuse of tobacco.