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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, especially a concentrated one used in the industrial arts.
verb (used with object)
5.
Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often followed by up).
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Liquoring
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verb (used without object)
6.
Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often followed by up).
Origin:
1175–1225; < Latin: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or1); replacing Middle English lic(o)ur < Old French (French liqueur) < Latin liquōrem, accusative of liquor
1175–1225; < Latin: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -or -or1); replacing Middle English lic(o)ur < Old French (French liqueur) < Latin liquōrem, accusative of liquor
Related forms
liq·uor·y, adjective
an·ti·liq·uor, adjective
Synonyms
2. juice, drippings.
2. juice, drippings.
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Word Origin & History
liquor
early 13c., 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.
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Medical Dictionary
liquor liq·uor (lĭk'ər)
n.
An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.
An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
(lī'kwôr, lĭk'wôr) In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.
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