merissan.

Brit.

/məˈrɪsə/, U.S.

/məˈrɪsə/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: German Merissa; Arabic marīsa.

Etymology: < German Merissa (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1844) and its etymon Arabic marīsa a kind of beer < marasa to soak.

A kind of beer made in Sudan from fermented maize.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > from grain or cassava

chicha1581

pombe1625

boza1656

saké1687

mishla1697

manna-mead1753

piwari1769

marua1847

mirin1874

tiswin1877

merissa1884

waragi1916

1844 tr. I. Pallme Trav. Kordofan 103 Five men..remained with me all night as a guard, emptied several pots of merissa [Ger. Merissa] together, and kept up the fire.

1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 26 Dec. 805/1 A strong remonstrance was sent to him, and the king in reply forwarded a polite message, with seven large jars of merissa (plantain-cider).

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 72 Merissa, the ‘national’ beverage of the Soudan.

1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 120 One of Cervoni's servants..pressed upon me some of the curious Sudanese beer they call merissa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merissa
释义	merissan. Brit. /məˈrɪsə/, U.S. /məˈrɪsə/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Arabic. Etymons: German Merissa; Arabic marīsa. Etymology: < German Merissa (1843 in the passage translated in quot. 1844) and its etymon Arabic marīsa a kind of beer < marasa to soak. A kind of beer made in Sudan from fermented maize. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > from grain or cassava chicha1581 pombe1625 boza1656 saké1687 mishla1697 manna-mead1753 piwari1769 marua1847 mirin1874 tiswin1877 merissa1884 waragi1916 1844 tr. I. Pallme Trav. Kordofan 103 Five men..remained with me all night as a guard, emptied several pots of merissa [Ger. Merissa] together, and kept up the fire. 1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 26 Dec. 805/1 A strong remonstrance was sent to him, and the king in reply forwarded a polite message, with seven large jars of merissa (plantain-cider). 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 72 Merissa, the ‘national’ beverage of the Soudan. 1958 L. Durrell Mountolive v. 120 One of Cervoni's servants..pressed upon me some of the curious Sudanese beer they call merissa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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