i noun, plural tod·dies.
1.
a drink made of alcoholic liquor and hot water, sweetened and sometimes spiced with cloves.
2.
the drawn sap, especially when fermented, of any of several toddy palms, used as a drink.
Origin:
1600–10; < Hindi tāḍi
1600–10; < Hindi tāḍi
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| —n , pl -dies | |
| 1. | a drink made from spirits, esp whisky, with hot water, sugar, and usually lemon juice |
| 2. | a. the sap of various palm trees (toddy or wine palms), used as a beverage |
| b. the liquor prepared from this sap | |
| 3. | (in Malaysia) a milky-white sour alcoholic drink made from fermented coconut milk, drunk chiefly by Indians |
| [C17: from Hindi tārī juice of the palmyra palm, from tār palmyra palm, from Sanskrit tāra, probably of Dravidian origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
toddy
1620, alteration of taddy (1611), tarrie (1609) "beverage made from fermented palm sap," from Hindi tari "palm sap" (in which the -r- sounds close to an Eng. -d-), from tar "palm tree," from Skt. tala-s, probably from a Dravidian language (cf. Kannada tar, Telugu tadu). Meaning "beverage made of alcoholic
liquor with hot water, sugar, and spices" first recorded 1786.
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