brandied
- flavored, soaked in, or treated with brandy.
Origin of brandied
brandy
- a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- to mix, flavor, or preserve with brandy.
Origin of brandy
Examples from the Web for brandied
Contemporary Examples of brandied
Carefully strain the cocktail into the prepared glass and garnish with the brandied cherry.
Historical Examples of brandied
A spark could ignite it and set the globe on fire like it was a brandied Christmas pudding.
Operation EarthwormJoe Archibald
Put in glasses and when cold cover with brandied paper and seal.
The Golden Age Cook BookHenrietta Latham Dwight
"We had brandied peaches last Sunday night," said the landlady, indignantly.
The IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs
Bring me some brandied marrons, a large bottle of rose oil and a stick of lip rouge from Celeste's.
Blue-grass and BroadwayMaria Thompson Daviess
Janet was sitting motionless and embarrassed before the tea-table, waiting for the tea to become of brandied strength.
Moth and RustMary Cholmondeley
brandy
- an alcoholic drink consisting of spirit distilled from grape wine
- a distillation of wines made from other fruitsplum brandy
Word Origin for brandy
Word Origin and History for brandied
brandy
1650s, abbreviation of brandywine (1620s) from Dutch brandewijn "burnt wine," so called because it is distilled (cf. German cognate Branntwein and Czech palenka "brandy," from paliti "to burn"). The Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle, supposedly so named by the Dutch for the color of its waters.