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absinthe

See also: absînthe, Absinthe, and absinthé

English edit

 
Glasses of absinthe (3) with slotted spoons and sugar cubes.

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Both from Middle French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈæb.sɪnθ/, /ˈæb.sænθ/, /ˈæb.sæ̃θ/[1]
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun edit

absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

  1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470][2]
  2. (figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.[2] [from 1350–1470][2]
  4. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19th c.][2]
    Synonym: (colloquial) green fairy
    • 2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, The Little Green Book of Absinthe‎[1], Penguin, →ISBN:
      Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.
  5. A moderate yellow green. [from late 19th c.][2]
    absinthe green:  
    Synonym: absinthe green
  6. (US) Sagebrush.

Usage notes edit

  • (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/absinthe
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absinthe”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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French edit

 
absinthe

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin absinthium.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

absinthe f (plural absinthes)

  1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
  2. absinthe
    Synonym: fée verte

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