liquor

liq·uor

any liquid or juice: meat liquor
an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum
Pharmacy a solution of some substance in water

Origin of liquor

altered (infl. by L) from Middle English licour from Old French licor from Classical Latin liquor, akin to liquere: see liquid

Informal to drink or cause to drink alcoholic liquor, esp. to the point of intoxication: now usually with up

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liquor

noun

An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor .
An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.
A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.

transitive verb

liq·uored, liq·uor·ing, liq·uors

To steep (malt, for example).
Slang To make drunk with alcoholic liquor. Often used with up: was all liquored up.

Origin of liquor

Middle English licour a liquid from Old French from Latin liquor from liquēre to be liquid

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural liquors)

A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (both).
(chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
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.

Related terms

terms etymologically related to liquor

Verb

(third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)

(intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Origin

From Middle English, from licor, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid"), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid"); see liquid.

See also: liqueur

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