liquor
See also: liqueur
English
Alternative forms
- liquour (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) licor, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman (deprecated template usage) licur, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) liquor, from (deprecated template usage) liquere[1]; see liquid.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- Template:obsolete A liquid.
- Template:obsolete A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- Template:chiefly Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
Synonyms
- (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
- (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon
Derived terms
Terms derived from liquor (noun)
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to liquor
Translations
strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
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Verb
liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)
- Template:intransitive To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- Template:transitive To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
References
- “liquor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “liquor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) liqueō
Noun
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Inflection
Related terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of (deprecated template usage) liquō.
Verb
(deprecated template usage) liquor
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References
- “liquor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “liquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English verbs
- en:Distilled beverages
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin verb forms