Metheglin Definition
mə-thĕglĭn
noun
An alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey, often containing a spice or medicinal substance: a kind of mead.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Metheglin
Noun
Singular:
metheglin
Plural:
metheglinsOrigin of Metheglin
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Welsh meddyglyn meddyg medicinal (from Latin medicus) (from medērī to heal med- in Indo-European roots) llyn liquor
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal") (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor") (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
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