PASTIS


Meaning of PASTIS in English

n.

Pronunciation: päs- ' t ē s

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from French dialect (Marseilles), literally, jumble, kind of pastry, from Occitan, from Old Occitan pastitz cake, from Vulgar Latin *pasticium

Date: 1926

: a French liqueur flavored with aniseed

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