Definition of "lude" [lude]

• Slang A pill or tablet containing methaqualone. (noun)

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• "If Polanski did anything wrong, and some, I think, would even say he did not, he should be forgiven for a single folly, committed way back in the 'lude' and hot-tub heyday of 1970s Hollywood debauchery."
• "The word "lude" appears twice and is left unchanged."
• "Or how about "love is like the lions tooth". hehehe ... (ironically that was the name of a book of poetry that was taken away from me by a teacher in grade school, because she thought it had a 'lude'context."