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brandy
noun
[ ˈbrandi ]
• a strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
• "a bottle of brandy"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from earlier brandwine, brandewine, from Dutch brandewijn, from branden ‘burn, distil’ + wijn ‘wine’.