Strega
See also: strega
English
Etymology
From Italian Strega (proprietary name).
Noun
Strega (countable and uncountable, plural Stregas)
- An Italian herbal liqueur coloured with saffron.
- 1922, DH Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
- The waiter rattled off a list, beginning with Strega and ending with cherry brandy.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 20:
- I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.
- 1922, DH Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
Anagrams
- 'Gaters, Gaters, Greats, Stager, gaster, grates, greats, ragest, retags, stager, targes
Italian
Proper noun
Strega ?
- Strega
- Synonym: Liquore Strega
Anagrams
- Gresta, strage