Liquor Definition
lĭkər
liquors
noun
liquors
Any liquid or juice.
Meat liquor.
Webster's New World
An alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum.
Webster's New World
A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens.
American Heritage
A solution of some substance in water.
Webster's New World
A solution, emulsion, or suspension for industrial use.
American Heritage
verb
liquors
To steep (malt, for example).
American Heritage
To drink or cause to drink alcoholic liquor, esp. to the point of intoxication.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Liquor
Noun
Singular:
liquor
Plural:
liquorsOrigin of Liquor
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From Middle English, from licor, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid"), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid"); see liquid.
From Wiktionary
Middle English licour a liquid from Old French from Latin liquor from liquēre to be liquid
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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