noun
English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)
• Syn: ↑De Quincey
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(1785–1859) an English writer who regularly took the drug ↑opium and described its effects on him in his best-known book, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). He was a friend of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.