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liquory en · ADJ

Etymology

From liquor + -y.

Meanings

  1. intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
    • Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man! 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:
  2. Resembling alcohol.
    • You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […] 1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine, page 146:

Forms

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most liquory Degree=Sup lexicographic
more liquory Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Hyponyms

beery (resembling alcohol) · beerlike (resembling alcohol) · vodkalike (resembling alcohol) · beerish (resembling alcohol)

Synonyms

drunk (intoxicated by alcohol) · liquorlike (resembling alcohol)