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absinthe, absinth
(ˈæbsɪnθ; Fr. absæ̃t)
Also 9 absanth.
[a. mod.Fr. absinthe, the plant wormwood, and hence the liqueur; ad. L. absinthium.]
1. a. The plant Absinthium or wormwood.
1612Benvenuto Passenger's Dialogues (Nares) Absinth and poyson be my sustenaunce. 1657Tomlinson De Renou's Dispens. xxxvii. 316 Though Absynth be an herb of vulgar dignotion, yet scarce two agree in..describing its species. 1860Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 172 The principal bitter used in England is..derived from the hop plant.. in Italy it is from absinth.
b. The prairie-sage, sage-brush. U.S.
1843Frémont Explor. Rocky Mts. in Narrative (1846) 14 The artemesia, absinthe, or prairie sage, as it is variously called. Ibid. 56 Absinthe bushes..grew in many thick patches. 1846Sage Scenes Rocky Mts. iv. 31 Countries abounding with absinthe or wild sage. 1849Parkman Oregon Trail 146 Multitudes of strange medicinal herbs, more especially the absanth, which covered every declivity.
2. Essence of wormwood; also fig.
1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. III. ix. iv. 115 What a drop of concentrated absinth follows next.
3. An alcoholic liqueur originally distilled from wine mixed with wormwood, but said now often to contain none. Also used of a colour resembling the green of absinthe.
1842Blackw. Mag. LII. 494/2 We took a glass of absinthe to compose our nerves. 1854Thackeray Newcomes I. 63 Barnes orders absinthe-and-water. 1861Times 25 Mar. 8/6 Algeria..imports great quantities of Burgundy wines and absinth. 1869Pall Mall G. 24 Sept. 12 Every man taking his coffee or his absinthe. 1872Young Englishwoman Dec. 644/1 Absinthe, pale green. 1938J. Cary Castle Corner 33 A sunray was turning the rollers from hawthorn to absinthe. 1963Harper's Bazaar May 41 An absinthe suit with a deep draped armhole. |