metheglin

American  

[muh-theg-lin] / məˈθɛg lɪn /

noun

1. a variety of spiced mead.

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metheglin British  

/ məˈθɛɡlɪn /

noun

1. (esp formerly) spiced or medicated mead

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Etymology

Origin of metheglin

1525–35; < Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (< Latin medicus; medical ) + llyn liquor

Example Sentences

That is all I have to say of metheglin.

From Literature

The tipple is based on a 16th century Welsh drink called metheglin.

From BBC

To make verses to the widow, on the other hand, came as easy as sipping usquebaugh or metheglin.

From Project Gutenberg

Of mead or metheglin, the third indigenous liquor of Southern Britain, I know little.

From Project Gutenberg

The Welsh make no less account of metheglin than the Greeks did of their ambrosia or nectar, which for the pleasantness thereof was supposed to be such as the gods themselves did delight in.

From Project Gutenberg