liquor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 References 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 External links 2.3 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < licor < Anglo-Norman licur < Latin liquor (“‘fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid’”) < liquere (“‘to be fluid or liquid’”)[1]; see liquid.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɪkə/, SAMPA: /lIk@/
• Homophones: licker (in non-rhotic accents)
• (US) IPA: /lɪkɝ/, SAMPA: /lIk@`/

[edit] Noun

liquor (countable and uncountable; plural liquors)

1. (obsolete in general sense) A liquid; later, a drinkable liquid.
2. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
3. (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.

[edit] Synonyms

• (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
• (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English)

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] References

• liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From liqueo (“‘I am liquid, fluid’”)

[edit] Noun

liquor

1. fluidity, liquidity

[edit] External links

• liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “liquor” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

[edit] Verb

liquor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of liquō.