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alcoholy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English alcoholy From alcohol + -y.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of alcohol.
   • Like many summer cocktails, the alcohol here is almost indiscernible. According to [Rob] Winkler, that’s the point: “These drinks are so soothing and taste so good, but there isn’t that strong alcohol-y taste.” 1997 July 17, Diane Toroian, “The Chill Seekers”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, page 26:
   • “You smell like my father,” she said, waving her hand in front of her nose. Still, she smiled. / “What’s that supposed to mean?” / “The alcohol,” she answered. “That sweet alcoholy smell in the afternoon.[…]” 2010, Joseph Mackin, Pretend All Your Life, Sag Harbor, N.Y.: The Permanent Press, →ISBN, page 49:
   • I opened my eyes to bright strip lights and that alcoholy smell which spells infirmary. 1995, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 241, column 1:
   • At last he focuses on the dark face over his. A black woman, in the blue dim. A strange alcoholy smell about her. 2020, David Poyer, Violent Peace: The War with China — Aftermath of Armageddon, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:
   • It’s either more concentrated and will be more strong or will have an alcoholy smell that won’t last. (Can we date this quote?), Harper’s Bazaar, numbers 3578–3580, page 90:
   • This distilled dry gin is smooth and potent, without excess flavoring or alcoholy taste. 1936 June 18, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 88, number 287, St. Louis, Mo., page 5B:
   • But if you like a whisky that is full-bodied, mature, rich in character, and entirely free from what I call an “alcoholy” taste, you will prefer American bonded whisky, as do I. 1958, David A[ugustus] Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, 3rd American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, published 1961, →ISBN, page 49:

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