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vermouth

[ver-mooth]
noun
  1. an aromatized white wine in which herbs, roots, barks, bitters, and other flavorings have been steeped.
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Origin of vermouth

1800–10; < French (now vermout) < German Wermuth (now Wermut) absinthe, wormwood
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  • He bundled them all into a wineshop where they took some vermouth.

    L'Assommoir

    Emile Zola

  • "All right, I'm going," replied Wulf, as he drank his fifth vermouth.

    A Royal Prisoner

    Pierre Souvestre

  • There he could sit for an hour, and drink his vermouth and watch the Florentines.

    Aaron's Rod

    D. H. Lawrence

  • Drink your vermouth, take that bundle of cigarettes, and hunt Zoug-Zoug else where.

  • It was her request for a vermouth that had prompted my sudden question.

British Dictionary definitions for vermouth

vermouth

noun
  1. any of several wines containing aromatic herbs and some other flavourings
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Word Origin

C19: from French, from German Wermut wormwood (absinthe)
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Word Origin and History for vermouth

n.

1806, from French vermouth, from German Wermuth "wormwood," from Middle High German wermuot, from Old High German wermuota (see wormwood), name of the aromatic herb formerly used in the flavoring of the liqueur.

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