Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various strongly flavored alcoholic beverages typically served in small quantities after dinner.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An alcoholic drink, usually sweet and of high flavor and perfume; a cordial.
- n. Especially— A strong and sweet wine like those grown in some southern places, such as Lunel, Alicant, and Cyprus, which are also called liqueur wines.
- n. A spirituous compound based upon brandy or pure alcohol, and wholly artificial in its composition. These liqueurs are in a certain sense the successors of those of the middle ages, which were supposed to be universal remedies. Their modern use is almost exclusively the gratification of the palate. See curaçao, Benedictine, chartreuse, maraschino, eau-de-vie de Dantzig (under eau-de-vie), anisette, and cordial.
- n. A mixture prepared for the purpose of dosing champagne, the effervescence and sweetness of the wine depending much upou, its composition. It consists either of wine or of fine brandy, or of a mixture of the two, with pure rockcandy dissolved in it.
- n. Same as liqueur-glass.
- To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur.
Wiktionary
- n. A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Cordials are a type of liqueur manufactured using the infusion process as opposed to the essence and distillation processes.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
WordNet 3.0
- n. strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
Etymologies
- Borrowing from French liqueur. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French licour, a liquid; see liquor. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The flavor of the Kahlua liqueur is a natural with that of chocolate.”
Mexican Chocolate and Kahlua Sundae: Helado con Chocolate y Kahlua
“About the only thing I saw that might have raised an eyebrow was "Somebody poured cream liqueur from a flask.”
“I read that as "somebody poured cream liqueur from a flask.”
“The best damiana liqueur is made on ranches in southern Baja, but commercial brands are becoming increasingly popular and available in large liquor stores and on the Internet.”
Shrimp in damiana and tequila sauce: Camarones al damiana y tequila
“At the moment I love Prosecco with a bit of pear or St-Germain liqueur, just enough to give this bubbly a kick and a permanent spot in your closet.”
“But seriously. 99-proof liqueur is so not a substitute for 80-proof liqueur.”
“The price is 230 pesos (ab $23 USD) for a four-course dinner, including post-din liqueur, tip, and tax.”
“That liqueur is the sweet distillation of a woman whose love and courage has not been diminished, even in the face of a sea of forgetfulness.”
“In small bowl, dissolve coffee granules in liqueur; set aside.”
“i don't know the difference between the two kahlua. but hey -- a good coffee liqueur is a good coffee liqueur. these look delicious! i'm in a baking hiatus right now, but i am definitely making a liqueur cupcake as soon as i get back to it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘liqueur’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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HU Realia
Cultural realia from Hungary.
I have only included realia that already have an English spelling variant and DID NOT include Hungarian words that would be used in English texts unchang...charcoal kiln, embroidered felt ..., farmstead, golden stick, graft, herdsman’s whip, inn, lever well, limekiln, local border traffic, maypole, merino and 356 more...
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my words. my mind. my gosh.
try not to enjoy it too much.git, ghoti, sauce, quail, querulous, quarrelsome, reliability, untoward, incongruities, fission, fanatic, apple and 206 more...
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dandy's list
favourite words
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Foodie
As much fun to say as they are to eat.
blueberry, cider, almond, apricot, asparagus, banana, fudge, foldover, flapjacks, filbert, fig, biscuit and 217 more...
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Favorite Tangible Object Words
Trimming the "Chained Bear's Favorites" list so I don't crash people's computers... like my own...
castanets, whaup, budgie, wallabies, ring-wraith, hobbit, chinchilla, guano, merganser, phalarope, phalarope, curlew and 138 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (L)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
labyrinth, lace, lad, lady fingers, lagoon, lamb, lament, lammas, lantern, larkspur, lass, lauds and 92 more...
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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encyclopedia gustatorica
béchamel, tart, pie, cupcake, roux, jambalaya, étouffé, succulent, plum, pomegranate, peach, apple and 300 more...
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I Drink Your...
I drink it up!
milkshake, smoothie, egg cream, coolatta, horchata, lassi, slurpee, Arnold Palmer, Shirley Temple, coffee, tea, cappuccino and 42 more...
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foodie list - drink me
absinthe, beer, carafe, claret, coffee, cream, wine, sherry, sarsaparilla, rum, decant, java and 20 more...
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OM3 Lesson 31
weight, gain, pound, sweets, cut out, do, shows, rest, drive, cheer up, overworked, liquor and 13 more...
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I like : L
lacunae, lambasted, lamia, languid, lathe, leitmotif, lemuria, leviathan, liminal, litany, lithe, lithium and 16 more...
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