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Absinth

Definition: Absinth

Absinth

Noun

1. 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: Absinth

Synonym: absinthe (n). (additional references)

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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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Commercial Usage: Absinth

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Absinth

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It is from these three vapours, beer, brandy, and absinth, that the lead of the soul is formed

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: Absinth

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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Ancestral Language Translations: Absinth

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

absinthium, Artemisia absinthium. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Absinth

Derivations

Words beginning with "absinth": absinthe, absinthes, absinths. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Anagrams: Absinth

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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