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Definition: Absinth |
AbsinthNoun1. Strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "absinth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Synonym: AbsinthSynonym: absinthe (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Absinth |
| English words defined with "absinth": Absinthism. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Absinth" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (absinth, absinthe). |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is from these three vapours, beer, brandy, and absinth, that the lead of the soul is formed |
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| Language | Translations for "absinth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | alsem, absint. (various references) | |
Albanian | glikanxo (absinthe, aniseed). (various references) | |
Arabic | الأفسنتين. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | абсент (absinthe), пелин (absinthe, sagebrush). (various references) | |
Danish | absinth (absinthe, worm wood, wormwood), malurt (absinthe, worm wood, wormwood). (various references) | |
Dutch | absint (absinthe), alsem (absinthe, worm wood, wormwood), absintlikeur (absinthe). (various references) | |
Esperanto | artemizio, absinto, absintlikvoro, absintaĵo. (various references) | |
French | absinthe (absinthe). (various references) | |
German | Absinth (absinthe). (various references) | |
Greek | αψίνθιο (absinthe, wormwood). (various references) | |
Hungarian | abszint (absinthe). (various references) | |
Icelandic | malurtarbrennivín. (various references) | |
Italian | assenzio (absinthe). (various references) | |
Manx | absynt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | absinthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | absinto (absinthe, wormwood), absíntio (absinthe, worm wood, wormwood). (various references) | |
Romanian | absint (absinthe, bitters, wormwood wine), pelin (absinthe, Wormwood). (various references) | |
Russian | абсент (absinthe). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pelen (absinthe, wormwood), liker od pelena (absinthe). (various references) | |
Spanish | ajenjo (absinthe, southernwood, Wormwood). (various references) | |
Swedish | malört (Wormwood), absint. (various references) | |
Turkish | apsent (absinthe, bitters), pelin (absinthe, mugwort, Wormwood). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | абсент (absinthe), полин (absinthe, sagebrush, tarragon, wormseed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cây ngải đắng tinh dầu apxin rượu apxin (absinthe), cây apxin (absinthe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | absinthium, Artemisia absinthium. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "absinth": absinthe, absinthes, absinths. (additional references) | |
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"Absinth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: absenth, absinity, absinths, absinthum, absit, absynth, Asenoth, Bawsinch, Galswinth. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: banish, habits, shanti. | |
-2 letters: antis, bahts, baith, baits, basin, baths, bints, habit, hants, hints, nabis, sabin, sahib, saint, saith, satin, snath, stain, tains, thins. | |
-3 letters: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, baht, bait, bani, bans, bash, bast, bath, bats, bias, bins, bint, bits, hant, hast, hats, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, isba, nabs, nibs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-h-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: absinthe, absinths, habitans, inhabits. | |
+2 letters: absinthes, biathlons, habitants, thebaines. | |
+3 letters: aitchbones, bandwidths, banishment, branchiest, breathings, hibernates, inbreathes, inhabiters, labyrinths, paintbrush, reinhabits, sunbathing, thumbnails. | |
+4 letters: abolishment, banishments, batrachians, breathiness, cohabitants, habiliments, habitations, hebetations, hibernators, inhabitants, showboating, stablishing, stenobathic, tarnishable. | |
+5 letters: abolishments, antibacklash, blandishment, botherations, brachiations, establishing, habitualness, habituations, haptoglobins, hibernations, inhospitable, inhospitably, paintbrushes, stablishment, thingamabobs, vibraphonist. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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