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liq⋅uor

[lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr]
–noun
1. a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
2. any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables.
3. Pharmacology. solution (def. 6).
4. a solution of a substance, esp. a concentrated one used in the industrial arts.
–verb (used with object)
5. Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often fol. by up).
–verb (used without object)
6. Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often fol. by up).

Origin:
1175–1225; < L: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or 1 ); r. ME lic(o)ur < OF (F liqueur) < L liquōrem, acc. of liquor


liq⋅uor⋅y, adjective


2. juice, drippings.
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liquor 
1225, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from O.Fr. licour, from L. liquorem (nom. liquor) "liquid, liquidity," from liquere "be fluid." Sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: li·quor
Pronunciation: 'lik-&r
Function: noun
: a liquid substance: as a : a usually distilled rather than fermentedalcoholic beverage b : a solution of a medicinal substance usually in water —compare TINCTURE c : BATH 2b(1)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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liquor liq·uor (lĭk'ər)
n.

  1. An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.

  2. An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.

  3. (lī'kwôr, lĭk'wôr) In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.

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