metheglin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of metheglin
1525–35; < Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (< Latin medicus; see medical) + llyn liquor
Example Sentences
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She might have left while I was sitting at the bar, drinking in metheglin and praise.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
That is all I have to say of metheglin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Such quantities of meat and bread were served that every man had all he wanted to eat, while casks of metheglin were constantly on tap.
From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r
Great plotting and planning must have gone on before the hearths, while the passing tankards of metheglin cheered and warmed the indignant gentlemen from Maryland.
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam
In some houses it very nearly resembled the good metheglin, very common in the northern counties of England.
From Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 by Pinkney, Lt-Col.
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