dope
The origin and history of dope.
Etymology
From Dutch doop, a thick dipping sauce, related to a verb meaning "to dip." The drug sense grew from thick, sticky opium paste; the "cool" slang sense is a later 20th-century development.
Class of 1900
dope first entered the language around 1900. Other words from the same year:
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