metheglin

(mə t̸heg′lin)

noun

an alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey, often containing a spice or medicinal substance: a kind of mead

Origin: Welsh meddyglyn < medd, mead + llyn, juice

See metheglin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A beverage typically made of fermented honey and water; mead.

Origin:

Origin: Welsh meddyglyn

Origin: : meddyg, medicinal (from Latin medicus, from medērī, to heal; see med- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + llyn, liquor

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