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sɪnθAlso, ab·sinth.
Origin:
1605–15; < French < Latin absinthium wormwood < Greek apsínthion
1605–15; < French < Latin absinthium wormwood < Greek apsínthion
Related forms
ab·sin·thi·al, ab·sin·thi·an, adjective
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| —n | |
| 1. | a potent green alcoholic drink, technically a gin, originally having high wormwood content |
| 2. | another name for wormwood |
| [C15: via French and Latin from Greek apsinthion wormwood] | |
| absinth or absinth | |
| —n | |
| [C15: via French and Latin from Greek apsinthion wormwood] | |
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Word Origin & History
absinthe
alcoholic liqueur distilled from wine mixed with wormwood, 1842, from Fr. absinthe, "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 English
from 1610s.
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