vodka
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kə noun
an unaged, colorless, distilled spirit, originally made in Russia.
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| —n | |
| an alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes, etc, usually consisting only of rectified spirit and water | |
| [C19: from Russian, diminutive of voda water; related to Sanskrit udan water, Greek hudōr] | |
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Vodka
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
vodka
1802, from Rus. vodka, lit. "little water," from voda "water" (from PIE *wedor, *wodor; see water) + dim. suffix -ka.
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