Metheglin Definition

mə-thĕglĭn
noun
An alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey, often containing a spice or medicinal substance: a kind of mead.
Webster's New World

A spiced mead, originally from Wales.

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Other Word Forms of Metheglin

Noun

Singular:
metheglin
Plural:
metheglins

Origin of Metheglin

  • Welsh meddyglyn meddyg medicinal (from Latin medicus) (from medērī to heal med- in Indo-European roots) llyn liquor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal") (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor") (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

    From Wiktionary

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