pelinkovac
English
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian pelinkovac.
Noun
pelinkovac (uncountable)
- A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
- 1988 July 8, Victor A. Friedman, “Improvising Absinthe”, in Chicago Reader:
- Absinthe tastes and smells like a cross between ouzo and pelinkovac.
- 2008, Coral Petkovich, Ivan, from Adriatic to Pacific, →ISBN, page 75:
- His gaze fell on a bottle of pelinkovac and his stomach lurched.
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