pistick

English

Etymology

Alteration of pistachio.

Noun

pistick (plural pisticks)

1. (obsolete, sometimes attributive) A pistachio nut.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     , II.ii.1.1:

     Trallianus discommends figs, Salvianus olives and capers, which others especially like of, and so of pistick nuts.