brandy

[ bran-dee ]

noun

, plural bran·dies.

1. a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.

verb (used with object)

, bran·died, bran·dy·ing.

1. to mix, flavor, or preserve with brandy.

brandy

/ ˈbrændɪ /

noun

1. an alcoholic drink consisting of spirit distilled from grape wine
2. a distillation of wines made from other fruits

   plum brandy

Word History and Origins

Origin of brandy¹

1615–25; short for brandywine < Dutch brandewijn burnt (i.e., distilled) wine

Word History and Origins

Origin of brandy¹

C17: from earlier brandewine , from Dutch brandewijn burnt wine, from bernen to burn or distil + wijn wine ; compare German Branntwein

Example Sentences

Now the gut was fueled not by Romanée-Conti and Château d'Yquem but by brandy--and a hell of a lot of it.

From The Daily Beast

Claret for boys, port for men, and brandy for heroes, according to Dr. Johnson, and Hitch went for the heroic.

From The Daily Beast

But while McCartney was sipping a brandy, Lennon snuck up behind the future Sir Paul and clocked him on the back of the head.

From The Daily Beast

So as they spy on us, we have a civic duty to return the favor - just like Brandy did with her smartphone.

From The Daily Beast

I gave him some brandy from my medicinal store, which he drank with a grimace.

From The Daily Beast

He started a guerilla campaign against the obsession with the aid of the brandy bottle.

From Project Gutenberg

In this case, never leave home without a straw-covered bottle of brandy, and another of camphor, in your carpet-bag.

From Project Gutenberg

You can never know, when you place wine or brandy before your guests, whom you may be tempting to utter ruin.

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Perhaps it was in the bottle of brandy that the peril lay; perhaps—but why speculate further!

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Vile aniseed brandy—liquid fire—was sold cheap, and many a man who began the day cool and sober ended it as a raving madman.

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