absinthe

 

• absinth

• (wormwood; figuratively bitterness, sorrow): From Middle English absinthe.
• (liquor): From Modern French absinthe.

Both from Middle French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæb.sɪnθ/, /ˈæb.sænθ/, /ˈæb.sæ̃θ/^[1]

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absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]^[2]
2. (figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.^[2] [from 1350–1470]^[2]
4. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19^th c.]^[2]

   Synonym: (colloquial) green fairy

   • 2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, The Little Green Book of Absinthe‎^[1], Penguin, →ISBN:

     Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.

5. A moderate yellow green. [from late 19^th c.]^[2]
   absinthe green:  

   Synonym: absinthe green

6. (US) Sagebrush.

• (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.^[2]

•   absinthe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Borrowed from Latin absinthium.

• IPA^(key): /ap.sɛ̃t/

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absinthe f (plural absinthes)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
2. absinthe

   Synonym: fée verte

• “absinthe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
•   absinthe on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr