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liquor

See also: liqueur

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.

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liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)

  1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
  2. (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
  3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
    Synonyms: stock, (American English) pot liquor, broth, bouillon
  4. (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
  5. (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
    Synonyms: (British and Australasian English) spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, strong drink, aqua vitae, water of life
    • 1879, Chas. McArmor, The New Handbook of Vienna […] ‎[1], 2nd edition, Otto Maass, page 106:
      Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
  6. In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
  7. A liquid in which something has been steeped.

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  It has been requested that this entry be merged with spirits(+).

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liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)

  1. (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
  2. (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To grease.

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From liqueō (“I am liquid, fluid”) +‎ -or.

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Noun

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liquor m (genitive liquōris); third declension

  1. fluidity, liquidity
  2. liquid, fluid
Declension
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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative liquor liquōrēs
genitive liquōris liquōrum
dative liquōrī liquōribus
accusative liquōrem liquōrēs
ablative liquōre liquōribus
vocative liquor liquōrēs
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Descendants
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  • Catalan: licor
  • French: liqueur
  • → Romanian: licoare
  • Italian: liquore
  • Occitan: liquor
  • Russian: ликёр (likjór)
  • Sicilian: licori m
  • Spanish: licor m

Etymology 2

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līquor (present infinitive līquī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems

  1. (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
  2. (intransitive) to flow
  3. (intransitive) to melt, dissolve
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   Conjugation of līquor (third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līquor līqueris,
līquere 		līquitur līquimur līquiminī līquuntur
imperfect līquēbar līquēbāris,
līquēbāre 		līquēbātur līquēbāmur līquēbāminī līquēbantur
future līquar līquēris,
līquēre 		līquētur līquēmur līquēminī līquentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līquar līquāris,
līquāre 		līquātur līquāmur līquāminī līquantur
imperfect līquerer līquerēris,
līquerēre 		līquerētur līquerēmur līquerēminī līquerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — līquere — — līquiminī —
future — līquitor līquitor — — līquuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present līquī — līquēns —
future — — — līquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
līquendī līquendō līquendum līquendō — —

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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liquor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of liquō

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