anisette

[ an-uh-set, -zet, an-uh-set, -zet ]

noun
  1. a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.

Origin of anisette

1
1830–40; <French, short for anisette de Bordeaux.See anise, -ette

Words Nearby anisette

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How to use anisette in a sentence

  • I went to Jerez, with a letter from Pastia to a dealer in anisette whose house was the smugglers' meeting-place.

    Carmen | Prosper Merimee
  • An′iseed; anisette′, a cordial or liqueur prepared from anise seed.

  • I goin' mek for you myself one anisette and one café royale ver' fine.

    Roads of Destiny | O. Henry
  • The first thing Timar remarked from the speech of Herr Athanas was that he had again taken too much anisette.

  • It often happens that a glass of water, flavored with a little anisette, is the order over which he sits a whole evening.

    Venetian Life | William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for anisette

anisette

/ (ˌænɪˈzɛt, -ˈsɛt) /


noun
  1. a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed

Origin of anisette

1
C19: from French; see anise, -ette

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