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ab⋅sinthe

  [ab-sinth]
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–noun
1. a green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
2. wormwood (def. 2).
Also, absinth.

Origin:
1605–15; < F < L absinthium wormwood < Gk apsínthion

Related forms:
ab⋅sin⋅thi⋅al, ab⋅sin⋅thi⋅an, adjective
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ab·sinthe also ab·sinth   (āb'sĭnth)   
n.  

  1. A perennial aromatic European herb (Artemisia absinthium), naturalized in eastern North America and having pinnatifid, silvery silky leaves and numerous nodding flower heads. Also called common wormwood.

  2. A green liqueur having a bitter anise or licorice flavor and a high alcohol content, prepared from absinthe and other herbs, and now prohibited in many countries because of its toxicity.


[Middle English, wormwood, from Old French, from Latin absinthium, from Greek apsinthion.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

absinthe 
alcoholic liqueur distilled from wine mixed with wormwood, 1842, from Fr., "essence of wormwood," from Mod.L. (Linnaeus) name for the plant (Artemisia Absinthium), from L. absinthum, from Gk. apsinthion, perhaps from Persian (cf. Pers. aspand, of the same meaning). The plant so called in Eng. from 1612.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ab·sinthe
Variant: also ab·sinth /'ab-(")sin(t)th/
Function: noun
1 : WORMWOOD
2 : a green liqueur flavored with wormwood or a substitute, anise, and other aromatics
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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absinthe

flavoured, distilled liquor, yellowish green in colour, turning to cloudy, opalescent white when mixed with water. Highly aromatic, this liqueur is dry and somewhat bitter in taste. Absinthe is made from a spirit high in alcohol, such as brandy, and marketed with alcoholic content of 68 percent by volume. Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium; see ) is the chief flavouring ingredient; other aromatic ingredients include licorice (which usually predominates in the aroma), hyssop, fennel, angelica root, aniseed, and star aniseed. The beverage was first produced commercially in 1797 by Henry-Louis Pernod, who purchased the formula from a French exile living in Switzerland.

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