- a potent green alcoholic drink, technically a gin, originally having high wormwood content
- another name for wormwood
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ab•sinthe or ab•sinth/ˈæbsɪnθ/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Winea strong green liqueur having a bitter licorice flavor.
ab•sinthe
(ab′sinth),USA pronunciation n.
ab•sin′thi•al, ab•sin′thi•an, adj.
- Winea green, aromatic liqueur that is 68 percent alcohol, is made with wormwood and other herbs, and has a bitter, licorice flavor: now banned in most Western countries.
- wormwood (def. 2).
- Greek apsínthion
- Latin absinthium wormwood
- French
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
absinthe, absinth /ˈæbsɪnθ/ n
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