cigarette

Definition

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

Etymology

Etymology tree Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette.

Example Sentences

• "No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait."
• "He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate."
• "Tobacconist: Right. I want to try you on a course of these: one twenty times a day. Have you taken them before? Patient: Um, what is it? Tobacconist: It's a simple nicotinal arsenous monoxid preparation taken bronchially as an infumation. Patient: Infumation? Tobacconist: Yes, you just light the end and breathe it. Patient: What, like cigarettes? Tobacconist: You know them then. Actually, it's a bit hard to admit but they're basically an herbal remedy... A leaf originally from the Americas, I believe, called tobacco. Patient: But medicated? Tobacconist: Medicated? No. Patient: These are ordinary cigarettes? Tobacconist: That's right. Patient: But they're terribly bad for you, aren't they? Tobacconist: I hardly think I would be prescribing them if they were bad for you. Patient: Twenty a day? Tobacconist: Yes, ideally moving on to about thirty or forty."

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