liquor
See also: liqueur
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈlɪk.ɚ/
- Homophone: licker
- Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)
- (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:
- Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
- 1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1:
- Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,
"Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
- (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- Synonyms: stock, (American English) pot liquor, broth, bouillon
- (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
- Synonyms: (British and Australasian English) spirits, hard liquor, hard drink, strong drink, aqua vitae, water of life
- 1879, Chas. McArmor, The New Handbook of Vienna […] [1], 2nd edition, Otto Maass, page 106:
- Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
- 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.
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
Derived terms
[edit]- black liquor
- call liquor
- chocolate liquor
- corn liquor
- hard liquor
- hold one's liquor
- in liquor
- iron liquor
- Labarraque's liquor
- liquor amnii
- liquor commission
- liquor gauge
- liquor licence
- liquor lounge
- liquor of flints
- liquor sanguinis
- liquor silicum
- liquor store
- liquor thief
- liquor up
- malt liquor
- mother liquor
- red liquor
- sea liquor
- state liquor agency
- tan liquor
- tin liquor
- well liquor
- worse for liquor
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]liquid obtained by cooking meat and/or vegetables
strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
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liquid used in process industry to produce a desired reaction
Verb
[edit]liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)
- (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (obsolete, transitive) To grease.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
- Liquor fishermen's boots.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess
to grease
References
[edit]- “liquor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “liquor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From liqueō (“I am liquid, fluid”) + -or.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlʲɪkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Noun
[edit]liquor m (genitive liquōris); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | liquor | liquōrēs |
| genitive | liquōris | liquōrum |
| dative | liquōrī | liquōribus |
| accusative | liquōrem | liquōrēs |
| ablative | liquōre | liquōribus |
| vocative | liquor | liquōrēs |
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: licor
- French: liqueur
- → Romanian: licoare
- Italian: liquore
- Occitan: liquor
- Russian: ликёр (likjór)
- Sicilian: licori m
- Spanish: licor m
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈliː.kʷor/, [ˈlʲiːkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Verb
[edit]līquor (present infinitive līquī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem
- (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
- (intransitive) to flow
- (intransitive) to melt, dissolve
Conjugation
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlʲɪkʷɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kwor/, [ˈliːkwor]
Verb
[edit]liquor
References
[edit]- “līquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lĭquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “liquor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- liquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “liquor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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