Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Colorless brandy distilled from fermented fruit juice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitæ, under aqua.

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  • noun brandy or similar spirit

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  • noun strong coarse brandy

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French eau-de-vie : eau, water + de, of + vie, life.]

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French eau-de-vie

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