LIQUOR


Meaning of LIQUOR in English

I. ˈli-kər noun

Etymology: Middle English licour, from Anglo-French, from Latin liquor, from liquēre

Date: 13th century

: a liquid substance: as

a. : a usually distilled rather than fermented alcoholic beverage

b. : a watery solution of a drug

c. : bath 2b(1)

II. verb

( li·quored ; li·quor·ing ˈli-k(ə-)riŋ)

Date: 1502

transitive verb

1. : to dress (as leather) with oil or grease

2. : to make drunk with alcoholic liquor — usually used with up

intransitive verb

: to drink alcoholic liquor especially to excess — usually used with up

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.