licour

Middle English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity; a liquid”).

Noun

licour

1. liquor
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 3-4.

     And bathed every veyne in swich licour,

     Of which vertu engendred is the flour;

Descendants

• English: liquor

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Old French

Alternative forms

• licor, licur, liqueur, liquor, liquour, liquur

Etymology

From Latin liquor (“fluidity; a liquid”).

Noun

licour oblique singular, f (oblique plural licours, nominative singular licour, nominative plural licours)

1. liquid
2. alcoholic drink; liquor

Descendants

• French: liqueur
• Middle English: licour
  • English: liquor

References

• liquur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub