mescal

English

Alternative forms

• mezcal
• mexcal (rare)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Nahuatl or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

Noun

mescal (countable and uncountable, plural mescals)

1. A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
2. The peyote cactus.

See also

• mescaline

Anagrams

• Camels, Malecs, camels, macles, mascle, scamel

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Portuguese

Noun

mescal m (plural mescais)

1. peyote; mescal (small, spineless cactus of Mexico and the southern United States)
2. mescal (Mexican alcoholic drink made from agave)

Synonyms

• peiote