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▪ I. liqueur, n.
(‖ likœr, lɪˈk(j)ɜː(r), often lɪˈkjʊə(r))
[F.; = liquor n.]
1. a. A strong alcoholic liquor sweetened and flavoured with aromatic substances.
1742Pope Dunc. iv. 316 He..Try'd all hors-d'œ uvres, all liqueurs defin'd, Judicious drank, and greatly-daring din'd. c1750Shenstone To the Virtuosi v, Tis you..Know what conserves they chuse to eat And what liqueurs to tipple. 1768Boswell Corsica (ed. 2) 280 At dinner we had..different sorts of wine and a liqueur. 1804T. Trotter Drunkenness v. (1884) 176 The liqueur called Noyau. 1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 122 Cafes, where coffee and liqueurs are taken. 1871Longfellow in Life (1891) III. 169 Manufacturers of exquisite liqueurs. 1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 686/2 Bitters form a class of liqueurs by themselves.
b. A mixture (consisting of sugar and certain wines, or sugar and alcohol) used to sweeten and flavour champagne.
1872Thudichum & Dupré Treat. Wine 468.
2. = liqueur-glass. Also = liqueur chocolate.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 937 Table glass services... 12 Clarets... 12 Champagnes... 6 Liqueurs... 12 Tumblers. 1925Heal & Son Catal.: Glass, Table glass... Champagne..Claret..Sherry..Port..Liqueur..Tumbler. 1965E. Brown Big Man xi. 96 Andy took from his shoulder bag the box of liqueurs. 1967K. Giles Death in Diamonds iii. 59 Elizabeth was..eating chocolates. ‘My present to myself,’ she said, ‘Austrian Liqueurs and none for pigs.’ 1968G. Beard Mod. Glass ii. 101 (caption) Automatic production six sizes of ‘Five Star’ 1 oz. liqueur to 12½ oz. goblet.
3. attrib. and Comb., as liqueur manufacturer, liqueur merchant; liqueur brandy, a brandy of special bouquet, which is consumed in small quantities as a liqueur; liqueur chocolate, a chocolate with a liqueur filling; liqueur-frame, a frame for holding liqueur bottles; liqueur-glass, a very small drinking glass used for liqueurs; liqueur-man, one who adds the liqueur in the process of champagne-making; liqueur-stand = liqueur-frame; liqueur-wine [= F. vin de liqueur], one of the strong and delicate-flavoured wines that have the character of liqueurs.
1882Encycl. Brit. XIV. 686/2 Wines and spirits remarkable for their amount of bouquet, such as tokay and *liqueur brandy, &c.
1904‘Saki’ Reginald 84 Some *liqueur chocolates had been turned loose by mistake among the refreshments—really liqueur chocolates, with very little chocolate. 1950O. Blakeston Pink Ribbon vii. 76 Some flying beetle, rather like a small liqueur chocolate, zoomed past my ear. 1969J. Elliot Duel i. iii. 74 A small box of liqueur chocolates..shaped like miniature bottles.
1875J. Grant One of the ‘600’ iv, Binns appeared..followed by a servant bearing *liqueur-frames, filled with ‘mountain dew’.
1850E. Ruskin Let. 9 Mar. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) i. 155 The little *Liqueur glasses of Rossolio. 1859Lang Wand. India 18 Two liqueur glasses. 1904‘Saki’ Reginald 16 There are liqueur glasses, and crystallized fruits. 1962E. O'Brien Lonely Girl iv. 48 Joanna opened the wine and served it in liqueur glasses to make it go far. 1975Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 23 Feb. 11/4, 6 sherry glasses which when half filled double superbly as liqueur glasses.
1872Thudichum & Dupré Treat. Wine 468 The liqueur is kept in the atelier in a large can attached to a machine which is under the guidance of the *liqueur-man.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Liqueur manufacturer.
1800Ann. Reg. 441 An Italian *liqueur merchant.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, *Liqueur stand.
1872Thudichum & Dupré Treat. Wine 515 *Liqueur Wines.
▪ II. liˈqueur, v.
[f. liqueur n.]
trans. To flavour (champagne) with a liqueur.
1872Thudichum & Dupré Treat. Wine 467 The operation of liqueuring. Ibid. 469 It sometimes happens, however, that..the wine which has been disgorged or liqueured undergoes a slight second fermentation. 1876M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar I. ix. 243 The liqueured champagnes for which we give as many shillings as it cost pence. |