cigarette

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper

   I do not smoke cigarettes.

2. 2
   noun

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

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.

   Could someone cigarette me?

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.