Alicantn.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻˈkant/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈkænt/,

/ˌɑləˈkɑnt/

Forms: 1500s Aligaunte, 1500s Allegaunte, 1500s Alycaunt, 1500s–1600s Allegant, 1500s– Alicant, 1600s Alegant, 1600s Alicante, 1600s Aligant, 1600s Alligant; also Scottish pre-1700 Alacant, pre-1700 Alagant, pre-1700 Allacant, pre-1700 Allagant.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alicante.

Etymology: < Alicante (Spanish Alicante, Catalan Alacant), the name of a wine-producing province in the Valencia Community of eastern Spain, so named after its capital city.Metrical evidence suggests that at least up to the 17th cent. the primary stress could be on the first syllable.

Now historical and rare.

A type of wine produced in Alicante in eastern Spain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Spanish wines > [noun]

Alicantc1500

tent1542

hollock1576

tinto1599

Malaga1608

sherry1608

Peter-see-me1617

arrope1622

steelback1633

Peter1679

mountain wine1700

mountain Malaga1705

mountain1710

benecarlo1734

Pedro Ximenez1801

Algarbe1823

Valdepeñas1832

Rioja1863

Tarragona1888

margarita1903

rosado1956

Albariño1972

Spanish1977

cava1978

Tempranillo1989

c1500 Blowbols Test. 327 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 106 Rede wyn..and Alycaunt, in whom I delite.

1547 R. Record Judic. Uryne 36 b Darke red wyne, and Allegaunte.

1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. i. 80 Youle bleed three pottles of Aligant.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg/1 Butterd beere, colourd with Allegant [cf. Shakespeare Merry Wives ii. ii. 67].

1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 54 Take the quantity of a Small-Nut of it..at going to Bed, drinking a Glass of Tent, Alicant, raw or burnt Claret, or Ale after it.

1708 J. Gay On Wine 11 Name, Sirs, the Wine that most invites your Tast,..Bourdeaux, or neat French White, or Alicant.

1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. I. 65 He had now and again given him a glass of Alicant in his gelly.

1839 B. Webster Village Doctor ii. i. 22 You are heated; quick, a glass of Alicant or Madeira.

1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xiii. 111 If you will not eat, you shall at least drink a cup of alicant with me.

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 876/3 The now forgotten wines—dale, stum, alicant and rumney.

1976 Agric. Hist. 50 375 Alicant, tyre, osey, Malaga, and tent were probably sweet.

Compounds

Alicant soap n. a hard white soap made from olive oil, produced in Alicante and used esp. during the 18th cent. in medicinal preparations administered internally for the treatment or kidney and bladder stones; cf. soap of Alicant n. at soap n.¹ Compounds 1b.

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1659 Rich Closet Physical Secrets 53 in tr. L. Fioravanti Exact Coll. Exper. Physick & Chyrurg. (new ed.) For the yellow Jaundies... Rx. Alicant, or hard Spanish Sope, and a little stale Ale in a cup.

1750 H. Walpole Let. 21 Apr. in London Mag. (1752) Nov. 585/1 I began at first with taking every day half an ounce of Alicant soap, made into pills, with a syrup of marshmallows.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 171/1 White soda soap..in a less pure state,..is called Alicant, Venice, or Spanish soap.

1999 A.-H. Maehle Drugs on Trial ii. 79 Whytt recommended the combined intake of three pints of oyster or cockle shell lime-water with one ounce of Alicant soap because of the latter's additional..lithontriptic effect.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alicant
释义	Alicantn. Brit. /ˌalᵻˈkant/, U.S. /ˌæləˈkænt/, /ˌɑləˈkɑnt/ Forms: 1500s Aligaunte, 1500s Allegaunte, 1500s Alycaunt, 1500s–1600s Allegant, 1500s– Alicant, 1600s Alegant, 1600s Alicante, 1600s Aligant, 1600s Alligant; also Scottish pre-1700 Alacant, pre-1700 Alagant, pre-1700 Allacant, pre-1700 Allagant. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Alicante. Etymology: < Alicante (Spanish Alicante, Catalan Alacant), the name of a wine-producing province in the Valencia Community of eastern Spain, so named after its capital city.Metrical evidence suggests that at least up to the 17th cent. the primary stress could be on the first syllable. Now historical and rare. A type of wine produced in Alicante in eastern Spain. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Spanish wines > [noun] Alicantc1500 tent1542 hollock1576 tinto1599 Malaga1608 sherry1608 Peter-see-me1617 arrope1622 steelback1633 Peter1679 mountain wine1700 mountain Malaga1705 mountain1710 benecarlo1734 Pedro Ximenez1801 Algarbe1823 Valdepeñas1832 Rioja1863 Tarragona1888 margarita1903 rosado1956 Albariño1972 Spanish1977 cava1978 Tempranillo1989 c1500 Blowbols Test. 327 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 106 Rede wyn..and Alycaunt, in whom I delite. 1547 R. Record Judic. Uryne 36 b Darke red wyne, and Allegaunte. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore i. i. 80 Youle bleed three pottles of Aligant. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg/1 Butterd beere, colourd with Allegant [cf. Shakespeare Merry Wives ii. ii. 67]. 1670 Acct. Causes Distempers 54 Take the quantity of a Small-Nut of it..at going to Bed, drinking a Glass of Tent, Alicant, raw or burnt Claret, or Ale after it. 1708 J. Gay On Wine 11 Name, Sirs, the Wine that most invites your Tast,..Bourdeaux, or neat French White, or Alicant. 1764 T. Southwell tr. Med. Ess. & Observ. I. 65 He had now and again given him a glass of Alicant in his gelly. 1839 B. Webster Village Doctor ii. i. 22 You are heated; quick, a glass of Alicant or Madeira. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xiii. 111 If you will not eat, you shall at least drink a cup of alicant with me. 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Dec. 876/3 The now forgotten wines—dale, stum, alicant and rumney. 1976 Agric. Hist. 50 375 Alicant, tyre, osey, Malaga, and tent were probably sweet. Compounds Alicant soap n. a hard white soap made from olive oil, produced in Alicante and used esp. during the 18th cent. in medicinal preparations administered internally for the treatment or kidney and bladder stones; cf. soap of Alicant n. at soap n.¹ Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1659 Rich Closet Physical Secrets 53 in tr. L. Fioravanti Exact Coll. Exper. Physick & Chyrurg. (new ed.) For the yellow Jaundies... Rx. Alicant, or hard Spanish Sope, and a little stale Ale in a cup. 1750 H. Walpole Let. 21 Apr. in London Mag. (1752) Nov. 585/1 I began at first with taking every day half an ounce of Alicant soap, made into pills, with a syrup of marshmallows. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 171/1 White soda soap..in a less pure state,..is called Alicant, Venice, or Spanish soap. 1999 A.-H. Maehle Drugs on Trial ii. 79 Whytt recommended the combined intake of three pints of oyster or cockle shell lime-water with one ounce of Alicant soap because of the latter's additional..lithontriptic effect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1500
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