horilka
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ukrainian горі́лка (horílka, “vodka”). Compare Belarusian гарэ́лка (harélka), South Russian горе́лка (gorélka).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithorilka (countable and uncountable, plural horilkas)
- Ukrainian distilled spirit, sometimes flavoured with hot peppers.
- 1931, Ekaterina Konstantinovna Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Lincoln Hutchinson ed., Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution: Personal Memoirs of Katerina Breshkovskaia, Stanford University Press, page 32:
- In return for a glass of horilka he took us to the other end of the village, showed us an empty hut, and introduced us to its owner.
Usage notes
editThis is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English, usually italicized.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:horilka. See also Citations:gorelka.