Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless liqueur flavored chiefly with caraway seeds.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German, from Middle High German kümel, cumin seed, from Old High German kumīn, kumil, ultimately from Latin cumīnum; see cumin.]
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reesetee commented on the word kümmel
caraway-flavored liqueur from Northern Europe
February 24, 2007
knitandpurl commented on the word kümmel
"Ernestine, happy days are here! No more French fries and white wine! No more chemicals and suburban trains! No more of my brother's attentions and my sister-in-law's insults! No more work! No more being broke! It's gigolos for us, and bottles of kümmel!"
Witch Grass by Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, p 114 of the NYRB paperback
November 6, 2010