liquor
noun
[ ˈlɪkə ]
• alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits.
Similar:
alcohol,
alcoholic drink,
strong drink,
drink,
intoxicating liquor,
intoxicant,
spirits,
booze,
hard stuff,
shorts,
the demon drink,
firewater,
juice,
grog,
the sauce,
hooch,
• liquid in which something has been steeped or cooked.
liquor
verb
• dress (leather) with grease or oil.
• steep (something, especially malt) in water.
Origin:
Middle English (denoting liquid or something to drink): from Old French lic(o)ur, from Latin liquor ; related to liquare ‘liquefy’, liquere ‘be fluid’.
