liquory
English
Etymology
liquor + -y
Adjective
liquory (comparative more liquory, superlative most liquory)
- intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
- 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book
- Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!
- 1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book
- Resembling alcohol.
- 1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine (page 146)
- You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […]
- 1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine (page 146)
Synonyms
- (intoxicated by alcohol): See Thesaurus:drunk
- (resembling alcohol): liquorlike
Hyponyms
- (resembling alcohol): beerish, beerlike, beery, vodkalike