amontillado

[uh-mon-tl-ah-doh, -tee-ah-; Spanish ah-mawn-tee-lyah-thaw, -yah-th aw]

noun

a pale, dry Spanish sherry.

Origin of amontillado

1815–25; < Spanish, equivalent to a to, near (< Latin ad) + Montill(a) (see montilla) + -ado -ate¹

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Contemporary Examples of amontillado

Palo Cortado tastes like a lovechild born from Amontillado and Oloroso.
Why Maya Angelou Loved Sherry, The Drink of Brilliant Renegades
Jordan Salcito
June 15, 2014

Historical Examples of amontillado

A little glass of Amontillado with the oysters, said the baron, just to flavor them!
The Woman Gives
Owen Johnson
What a crowning pleasure would a glass of sherry—that Amontillado of yours—be in such a spot.
Luttrell Of Arran
Charles James Lever
Amontillado, a dry kind of sherry wine of a light colour, highly esteemed.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2
Various
Amontillado, a-mon-til-y′do, n. a dry or little sweet kind of sherry of a light colour and body.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
Amontillado (a very nutty wine) is frequently added to sherries deficient in flavour.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for amontillado

amontillado

noun

a medium dry Spanish sherry, not as pale in colour as a fino

Word Origin for amontillado

C19: from Spanish vino amontillado wine of Montilla, town in Spain

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Word Origin and History for amontillado

a variety of sherry wine, 1825, from Spanish amontillado, from a "from" (from Latin ad; see ad-) + Montilla, name of a town in the province of Cordova. Formerly the name of a regional wine, now of a type of sherry.