liquor

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See also: liqueur

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)

  1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
    • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
      Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
  2. (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
  3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
  4. (Britain, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
  5. (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
    • 1879, Chas. McArmor, The New Handbook of Vienna […] ‎[1], second edition, Otto Maass, page 106:
      Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
  6. In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
  7. A liquid in which something has been steeped.

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Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from liquor (noun)

Related terms[edit]

Terms etymologically related to liquor

Translations[edit]

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Verb[edit]

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.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To grease.

Derived terms[edit]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

References[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From liqueō (“I am liquid, fluid”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

liquor m (genitive liquōris); third declension

  1. fluidity, liquidity
  2. a liquid, fluid
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative liquor liquōrēs
Genitive liquōris liquōrum
Dative liquōrī liquōribus
Accusative liquōrem liquōrēs
Ablative liquōre liquōribus
Vocative liquor liquōrēs
Related terms[edit]
Related terms →
Descendants[edit]
  • Russian: ликёр (likjór)
  • Spanish: licor m
  • Italian: liquore

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

līquor (present infinitive līquī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
  2. (intransitive) to flow
  3. (intransitive) to melt, dissolve
Conjugation[edit]
   Conjugation of līquor (third conjugation, no supine stem, deponent, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līquor līqueris, līquere līquitur līquimur līquiminī līquuntur
imperfect līquēbar līquēbāris, līquēbāre līquēbātur līquēbāmur līquēbāminī līquēbantur
future līquar līquēris, līquēre līquētur līquēmur līquēminī līquentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present līquar līquāris, līquāre līquātur līquāmur līquāminī līquantur
imperfect līquerer līquerēris, līquerēre līquerētur līquerēmur līquerēminī līquerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — līquere — — līquiminī —
future — līquitor līquitor — — līquuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives līquī — — — — —
participles līquēns — — — — līquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
līquendī līquendō līquendum līquendō — —

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

liquor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of liquō

References[edit]

  • līquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lĭquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • liquor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • liquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • liquor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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