Liquor

See also liqueur

English

Etymology

From Middle English < licor < Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Liquor]] licur < Latin liquor (“‘fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid’”) < liquere (“‘to be fluid or liquid’”)[1]; see liquid.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /lɪkə/, SAMPA: /lIk@/
• Homophones: licker (in non-rhotic accents)
• (US) IPA: /lɪkɝ/, SAMPA: /lIk@`/

Noun

Singular Liquor

Plural s

Liquor (s)

1. (obsolete in general sense) A liquid; later, a drinkable liquid.
2. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
3. Template:Chiefly Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.

Synonyms

• (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
• (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English)

Derived terms

Terms derived from liquor (noun)

hold one's liquor

liquor store

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to liquor

liqueur liquid liquidate

liquidation liquidator

liquidity liquidizer

Translations

strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation

Arabic: الكحول (al-kuħūl) m. Chinese: 烈酒 (lièjiǔ) Danish: likør c., spiritus c. Dutch: sterke drank nl(nl) m. Esperanto: likvoro eo(eo) Finnish: viina fi(fi) French: spiritueux fr(fr) m. German: alkoholisches Getränk de(de) n. Hungarian: likőr hu(hu)

Italian: liquore it(it) m. Japanese: 酒 (さけ, sake), アルコール飲料 (アルコールいんりょう, arukōru inryō) Korean: 술 (sul) Portuguese: bebida alcoólica pt(pt) f. Russian: спиртной напиток ru(ru) (spirtnój napítok) m. Scottish Gaelic: deoch làidir gd(gd) f., spiorad gd(gd) m. Spanish: licor es(es) m. Swedish: sprit sv(sv) c.

Verb

Infinitive to Liquor

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Liquor (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.

References

• Liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Etymology

From liqueo (“‘I am liquid, fluid’”)

Noun

Liquor

1. fluidity, liquidity

External links

• liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• “Liquor” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

Verb

liquor

1. first-person singular present Template:Conjugation tag pass indicative of liquō.

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