Dictionary

absinthe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæb.sɪnθ/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈæb.sænθ/
• /ˈæb.sæ̃θ/

Etymology

* (wormwood; figuratively bitterness, sorrow): From Middle English absinthe. * (liquor): From Modern French absinthe. Both from Middle French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Bitterness; sorrow.
3. (countable, uncountable) A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
   • Let us go out and drink to the very good health of Monsieur Tarzan in some of old Plancon’s unparalleled absinth; not forgetting that the Count de Coude is one of the best swordsmen in Paris, and by far the best shot in all France. 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 63:
   • Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years. 2010, Paul Owens, Paul Nathan, The Little Green Book of Absinthe, Penguin, →ISBN:
4. (countable, uncountable) A moderate yellow green.
5. (countable, uncountable) A moderate yellow green. absinthe green: ▸ absinthe green
6. (US, countable, uncountable) Sagebrush.

Forms

Deriveds

absinthiin · absinthites · absinthean · absinthiated · absinthismic · absinthism · absinthium · absinthe green · absinthin · absinthe yellow · absinthol · absinthiate · absinthe spoon · absinthic · absinthine · absinthate · absinthe oil · absinthiana · absinthian · absinthial

Descendants

absinth

Synonyms

absinthe green · absinthe green · green fairy

Translations (94)

it assenzio (herb Artemisia absinthium) · mk апсинт (liquor) · tr absent (liquor) · pt absinto (herb Artemisia absinthium) · grc ἀψίνθιον (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ca donzell (herb Artemisia absinthium) · hy աբսենտ (liquor) · sh а̀псинт (liquor) · es absintio (liquor) · gl asente (liquor) · fi absintti (liquor) · ga apsaint (herb Artemisia absinthium) · fa افسنتین (herb Artemisia absinthium) · oc aussent (liquor) · ast axenxu (herb Artemisia absinthium) · fi mali (herb Artemisia absinthium) · bg пели́н (herb Artemisia absinthium) · nl absint (liquor) · uk абсе́нт (liquor) · cy absinth (liquor) · ro pelin (herb Artemisia absinthium) · da absint (liquor) · sh àpsint (liquor) · bg абсе́нт (liquor) · ba әрем (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ia absinthe (liquor) · uk полин гіркий (herb Artemisia absinthium) · fi koiruoho (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ja 苦蓬 (herb Artemisia absinthium) · sh pelin (herb Artemisia absinthium) · de Wermut (herb Artemisia absinthium) · gl asento (herb Artemisia absinthium) · cs absinth (liquor) · sk palina pravá (herb Artemisia absinthium) · he אָבְּסִינְתְ (liquor) · el αψέντι (liquor) · nrf absînthe (liquor) · yi אַבסינט (liquor) · nb malurt (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ta மருக்கொழுந்து (herb Artemisia absinthium) · nn malurt (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ia absinthio (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ga apsaint (liquor) · oc aissent (liquor) · cmn 苦艾酒 (liquor) · lv absints (liquor) · nl alsem (herb Artemisia absinthium) · et absint (liquor) · myv шурьмаведь (liquor) · sv malört (herb Artemisia absinthium) · sv absint (liquor) · hsb połon (herb Artemisia absinthium) · es ajenjo (herb Artemisia absinthium) · es ajenjo (liquor) · ca absenta (liquor) · pl zielona wróżka (liquor) · ru полы́нь (herb Artemisia absinthium) · hu fehér üröm (herb Artemisia absinthium) · oc absinti (liquor) · ro absint (liquor) · hu abszint (liquor) · cs absint (liquor) · is malurtarbrennivín (liquor) · fr absinthe (herb Artemisia absinthium) · pt absinto (liquor) · nn absint (liquor) · it assenzio (liquor) · gl asente (herb Artemisia absinthium) · nl absintalsem (herb Artemisia absinthium) · io absinto (herb Artemisia absinthium) · cs pelyněk (herb Artemisia absinthium) · lt absentas (liquor) · be абсэ́нт (liquor) · pl piołun (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ko 향쑥 (herb Artemisia absinthium) · el αψιθιά (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ru абсе́нт (liquor) · ko 압생트 (liquor) · de Absinth (liquor) · pl piołunówka (liquor) · eo absintaĵo (liquor) · eo absinto (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ja アブサン (liquor) · pl absynt (liquor) · cmn 苦艾 (herb Artemisia absinthium) · gl absintio (herb Artemisia absinthium) · et koirohi (herb Artemisia absinthium) · ka აბსენთი (liquor) · nb absint (liquor) · mt assenzju (herb Artemisia absinthium) · fr absinthe (liquor) · io absintoliquoro (liquor) · fr armoise (herb Artemisia absinthium) · de Wermutbranntwein (liquor)