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amontillado

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a⋅mon⋅til⋅la⋅do

  [uh-mon-tl-ah-doh, -tee-ah-; Sp. ah-mawn-tee-lyah-thaw, -yah-thaw]
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–noun
a pale, dry Spanish sherry.
Origin:
1815–25; < Sp, equiv. to a to, near (< L ad) + Montill(a) (see montilla ) + -ado -ate 1
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a·mon·til·la·do   (ə-mŏn'tl-ä'dō, ä-mōn'tē-ä'-)   
n.   pl. a·mon·til·la·dos
A pale dry sherry.

[Spanish : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + Montilla, a town of southern Spain.]
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