Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A strong clear Scandinavian liquor distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seed.
Wiktionary
- n. A Scandinavian liquor that is 40% alcohol and distilled from potato or grain mash. Also called akvavit.
- n. A Polish, Ukrainian, or Russian drink that is a precursor or variant of vodka. Also called okovita.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caroway seeds; -- also called
akvavit .
WordNet 3.0
- n. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
Etymologies
- Latin aqua vitae ("spirits") (Wiktionary)
- Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian akvavit, from Medieval Latin aqua vītae, highly distilled spirits : Latin aqua, water; see aqua + Latin vītae, genitive of vīta, life; see vital. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The smorgasbord, Sweden's gastronomic treasure, evolved out of something called the "aquavit buffet" or the "vodka table.”
“But to many of us native-born Americans, the ability to speak something besides English remains as exotic as drinking aquavit or kava.”
“The Scandinavian pairing of pickled mackerel and aquavit $14 counterbalances two intense flavors.”
“And no place to be unless you're mad for herring and aquavit.”
“The brunch set comes with coffee or tea, plus mimosa, bloody mary, or a shot of aquavit.”
“Something Scandinavian would be nice, like pickled anything with an aquavit, lingonberry, dill sauce, but call it glaze.”
The Huffington Post: Anna Brones: Formulating the Foolproof Foodie Menu
“Served on a wooden slab, I sampled hearty rye bread topped with fried herring, cured salmon and curry chicken salad and I made sure to have a glass of the housemade elderberry aquavit.”
The Huffington Post: Jill Fergus: Copenhagen Dining Beyond Noma
“Instead of brandy, most Swedish recipes calls for aquavit, a distilled spirit frequently flavored with caraway seeds.”
The Huffington Post: Meathead Goldwyn: Believe In Glögg: All You Need To Know About Mulled Wine
“If you want to play, instead of brandy try using Swedish aquavit, a caraway flavored vodka popular in Scandinavia.”
The Huffington Post: Meathead Goldwyn: Believe In Glögg: All You Need To Know About Mulled Wine
“I was happily surprised to see an aquavit, Lysholm Linie from Norway, listed at #2 in the category of Vodka, Aquavit, & Neutral Grain Spirits; was Pacult sending some kind of a message to vodka producers?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘aquavit’.
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aqua-
of or relating to water
aquaculture, aquamarine, aquarium, aquavit, aqueous humor, aquarius, aquabat, aqualung, aquaduct, aquatic, aquiclude
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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What David Foster Wallace circled in ...
ablative, ablaut, abulia, acephalous, ACTH, adit, adumbrate, agrapha, ailanthus, aleatory, alfresco, algolagnia and 474 more...
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Interesting Scrabble words
Interesting words worth @ least 15 points.
smoochy, zareba, hyphal, djellaba, cloque, pyxidium, qindarka, squiffy, howbeit, chthonic, quinta, azimuthal and 262 more...
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What David Foster Wallace Circled in ...
http://www.slate.com/id/2250784/
ablative absolute, ablaut, abulia, acephalous, ACTH, adit, adumbrate, agrapha, aleatory, ailanthus, alfresco, algolagnia and 482 more...
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monimu's list
pixilated
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That's the Spirit!
Liqueurs (generic) from around the world
absinthe, triple sec, curaçao, amaretto, crème de cacao, sambuca, ouzo, anis, anisette, limoncello, grappa, crème de cassis and 27 more...
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Liquor is Quicker
Fermented and distilled.
usquebaugh, whisky, malt whisky, grain whisky, bourbon, scotch, gin, vodka, brandy, cognac, Armagnac, Pisco and 71 more...
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Riboflavin's Words
aquavit, chicken, neuromancer, tits, cephalopod, riboflavin, fuck, mind banana, tasteflex, balrog, cropsy, pod and 45 more...
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blodgetm's Words
thousand, peradventure, gargantuan, dropsy, trilobite, charisma, fealty, intransigent, frangible, cacaphony, linguist, crystal and 9 more...
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The best part is, I don't drink
absinthe, ouzo, martini, slivovitz, bourbon, sake, applejack, eau de vie, aquavit, tsikoudia, tequila, vodka and 1 more...
Tweets
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reesetee A dry spirit of Scandinavia made from redistilled grain or potato alcohol and usually flavored with caraway seeds.
Feb 24, 2007