anisette
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
Origin of 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 MerimeeAn′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. HenryThe first thing Timar remarked from the speech of Herr Athanas was that he had again taken too much anisette.
Timar's Two Worlds | Mr JkaiIt 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
/ (ˌænɪˈzɛt, -ˈsɛt) /
a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed
Origin of anisette
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