strychnic

/ ˈstrɪknɪk /

adjective

of, relating to, or derived from strychnine

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He descends to earth, where Heinlein puts him through a Voltairian gavotte full of broad satire at the expense of organized religion, and teaches him strychnic cynicism about human nature.