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liqueur

noun
/lɪˈkjʊə/UK/lɪˈk(j)ɝ/US

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.

  1. derived from liqueur

Definitions

  1. A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage…

    A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

  2. to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur

  3. to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution

    • Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for liqueur. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA