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martini

1

[ mahr-tee-nee ]

noun

, plural mar·ti·nis.
  1. a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.


Martini

2

[ mahr-tee-nee; Italian mahr-tee-nee ]

noun

  1. Si·mo·ne [see-, maw, -ne], 1283–1344, Italian painter.

Martini

1

/ marˈtiːni /

noun

  1. MartiniSimone?12841344MItalianSieneseARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Simone (siˈmoːne). ?1284–1344, Sienese painter


Martini

2

/ mɑːˈtiːnɪ /

noun

  1. an Italian vermouth
  2. a cocktail of gin and vermouth

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Word History and Origins

Origin of martini1

First recorded in 1885–90; perhaps alteration of Martinez (an earlier alternate name of the drink, of disputed origin), by back formation (taking it as plural), or by association with the vermouth manufacturer Martini, Sola & Co. (later Martini & Rossi)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of martini1

C19 (sense 2): perhaps from the name of the inventor

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Example Sentences

One friend asked for a very dry martini, the other a Manhattan.

At the end of dinner he came down and sat in front of me with a martini.

After more innuendo-laden, sex-soaked back-and-forths, Eric poured a martini.

“I was just with him at the Minetta Tavern, having a martini and a burger,” she says.

Are there any martini glasses clinking when filming is done?

Martini was on his mission to Vienna; but another valet was put into the chariot to support the Duke.

He heard no word of Martini's; he saw nothing of his busy arrangements for their flight.

Martini appeared from his little anti-room, with a lamp in his hand, as the prison clock struck ten.

The unoccupied pallet of Martini lay in one corner of this miserable anti-room.

Wharton made the bruised Martini enter also; and accompanying them himself, the voiture set off, escorted by his servants.

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