liquor
English
Alternative forms
- liquour (obsolete)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: licker
Noun
liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)
- (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 […]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
- (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
- (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon
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Verb
liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)
- (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (obsolete, transitive) To grease.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Liquor fishermen's boots.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Derived terms
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
References
- “liquor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “liquor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Etymology 1
From liqueō (“I am liquid, fluid”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlʲɪkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Noun
liquor m (genitive liquōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | liquor | liquōrēs |
Genitive | liquōris | liquōrum |
Dative | liquōrī | liquōribus |
Accusative | liquōrem | liquōrēs |
Ablative | liquōre | liquōribus |
Vocative | liquor | liquōrēs |
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.kʷor/, [ˈlʲiːkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Verb
līquor (present infinitive līquī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
- (intransitive) to flow
- (intransitive) to melt, dissolve
Conjugation
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlʲɪkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Verb
(deprecated template usage) liquor
References
- “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, →OCLC.
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