liqueur
Plural: liqueurs
Noun
- strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
- A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.
- pl. -S a sweetened alcoholic beverage
Verb
- to flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur
- to top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution
Examples
- "Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss."
Origin / Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French liqueur. Doublet of liquor.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
liqueur: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordliqueur: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
liqueur: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
liqueur is a valid Words With Friends word