From Serbo-Croatian pelinkovac, from pelin (“wormwood”).
pelinkovac (uncountable)
- A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
1988 July 8, Victor A. Friedman, “Improvising Absinthe”, in Chicago Reader[1]:Absinthe tastes and smells like a cross between ouzo and pelinkovac.
2008, Coral Petkovich, Ivan, from Adriatic to Pacific[2], →ISBN, page 75:His gaze fell on a bottle of pelinkovac and his stomach lurched.