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absinthe

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Glasses of absinthe (3) with slotted spoons and sugar cubes.

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Etimologija

Oba od Middle French absinthe, od Latinski absinthium, od Antički Grčki ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Dubleti of absinthium.

Izgovor

  • MFA(ključ): /ˈæb.sɪnθ/, /ˈæb.sænθ/, /ˈæb.sæ̃θ/[1]
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Imenica

absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

  1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470][2]
  2. (figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.[2] [from 1350–1470][2]
  4. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19th c.][2]
    Sinonim: (colloquial) green fairy
    • 2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, The Little Green Book of Absinthe‎[1], Penguin, →ISBN:
      Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.
  5. (color) A moderate yellow green. [from late 19th c.][2]
    absinthe green colour:  
    Sinonim: absinthe green
  6. (US) Sagebrush.

Usage notes

  • (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/absinthe
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN 978-0198605751), page 9

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Francuski

 
absinthe

Etymology

Pozajmljeno od Latinski absinthium.

Pronunciation

Noun

absinthe f (plural absinthes)

  1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
  2. absinthe
    Sinonim: fée verte

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