negroni

[ ni-groh-nee ]

/ nɪˈgroʊ ni /

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noun, plural ne·gro·nis.

a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.

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Nearby words

negro spiritual, negro, río, negroid, negroism, negroize, negroni, negrophil, negrophile, negrophilism, negrophobe, negrophobia

Origin of negroni

1945–50; < Italian, said to be after a nobleman named Negroni, who first made the drink circa 1935

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Examples from the Web for negroni

Will asking for a barrel-aged Negroni help to nurture some European class?
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Meyerbeer and Berlioz composed the music for the song which was sung at the supper given by the Princess Negroni.
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Act II is laid in the Negroni palace, and is the scene of the banquet, which has already been described.
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It was, apparently, a ruse to put Negroni off the scent, who from time to time asked us to explain what we were talking about.
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The Abbé Negroni's pupil succeeded in holding a secret correspondence with his beloved.
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