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absinthial, a.|æbˈsɪnθɪəl|
[f. L. absinthi-um wormwood + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to wormwood; hence bitter.
c1525Skelton Image Hypoc. ii. 309 Doctors that take all. By lawes absynthyall. And labyrinthiall. 1860R. A. Vaughan Ho. w. Mystics (ed. 2) I. 110 It was once called the Valley of Wormwood..Bernard and his monks come..lo! the absinthial reputation vanishes—the valley smiles—is called, and made, Clairvaux, or Brightdale. |