wormwood

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Etymology

From Middle English wormwode, alteration of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd, wormōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-Germanic *wermōdaz (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). See vermouth.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/ SAMPA: /"w@(r)m.wUd/
• (US)

  wormwood

  (file)

Noun

wormwood (plural wormwoods)

1. (botany) An intensely bitter herb (various plants in genus Artemisia) used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
   • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene iii (the nurse's monologue).

     But as I said, / When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple / Of my dug and felt it bitter, pretty fool, / To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug! /

2. Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.

Synonyms

• (botany): artemisia, grande wormwood, mugwort, absinthe, Artemisia pontica (obsolete)

Derived terms

• common wormwood

See also

• Artemisia absinthium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Artemisia absinthium
• Artemisia absinthium on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Artemisia absinthium
• Artemisia absinthium on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Artemisia absinthium

Translations

Artemisia absinthium

Albanian: pelin i zi Arabic: حَبَق الرّاعِي (ħábaq ar-rāʕi) m. Cantonese: 艾草 (ngaai chóu) Chinese: 艾草 (ài cǎo) Croatian: crni pelin m. Czech: pelyněk (cs) m., pelyněk pravý (cs) m. Danish: malurt c. Dutch: bijvoet (nl) m. Estonian: koirohi (et) Finnish: koiruoho (fi), mali (fi) French: armoise (fr) f., absinthe (fr) f. German: Wermut (de) m., Beifuß (de) m. Greek: Ancient: ἀψίνθιον (apsinthion) n. Modern: αψινθιά (el) (apsinθiá) f., αψιθιά (el) (apsiθxá) f., αρτεμισία (el) (artemisía) f. Hebrew: ארטימיסיה (artimisía) f., לענה (la'ana) f. Hungarian: fekete üröm

Irish: mormónta (ga) m. Italian: assenzio m. Japanese: オウシュウヨモギ (ōshū-yomogi) Korean: 머그워트 (meogeuweoteu) Macedonian: пелин (mk) (pélin) m. Ojibwe: moosewijiibik, moose-ojiibik Persian: برنجاسف (berenjâsef) Polish: bylica pospolita f. Portuguese: artemísia f. Romanian: pelin negru m. Russian: чернобыль (černobýl’) m., чернобыльник (černobýl’nik) m., полынь (polýn’) f. Slovene: pelin (sl) m. Spanish: artemisa f., ajenjo m., absintio m., alosna f. Swedish: malört c., äkta malört c. Thai: โกฏจุฬาลำพา (kot chulaalamphuaua) Turkish: misk otu, çil baş Ukrainian: чорнобиль (čornobyl’) m., полин (polyn) m. Vietnamese: ngải cứu (vi)

that which causes bitterness

French: fiel (fr) m., amertume (fr) f. Greek: χολή (kholí) f. Portuguese: amargura (pt) f.

Russian: жёлчь (žolč’) f., раздражительность (razdražítel’nost’) f. Slovene: pelin (sl) m. Spanish: amargor m., amargura f., mortificación f.

Anagrams

• woodworm