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pas⋅tis

[pa-stees; Fr. pas-tees]
–noun
a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.

Origin:
1925–30; < F < Pr; OPr pastitz pastry, pâté < VL *pastīcius; see pasticcio, patisserie
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pas·tis   (pā-stēs')   
n.  A French licorice-flavored liqueur, usually drunk as an apéritif.

[French, muddle, pastis, from Old Provençal pastitz, paste, pasty, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcium; see patisserie.]
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