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cassis

[ka-sees; French ka-sees]
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noun
  1. crème de cassis.
  2. (italics) French.
    1. a black currant.
    2. a brandy distilled from black currants.

Origin of cassis

From French
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Examples from the Web for cassis

Historical Examples

  • I never so much as looked on them as men—not in that way, for a Cassis woman, m'sieu.

    "Fin Tireur"

    Robert Hichens

  • There'd been claims of revolt on Cassis, but he hadn't been suspicious then.

    Talents, Incorporated

    William Fitzgerald Jenkins

  • These shell-cameos are made from the genus Cassis, the helmet shells.

  • This genus is distinguished from Cassis by the outer lip, which is not reflected.

    A Conchological Manual

    George Brettingham Sowerby

  • Strange to say nobody has ever started a cassis still on this side.

    Cakes & Ale

    Edward Spencer

British Dictionary definitions for cassis

cassis

noun
  1. a blackcurrant cordial

Word Origin

C19: from French
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Word Origin and History for cassis

n.

black currant liquor, 1907, from French cassis (16c.) "black currant," apparently from Latin cassia (see cassia). The modern liqueur dates from mid-19c.

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