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absinthean

absinthean is the alternative form of absinthian.

Meaning of absinthian

Adjective

absinthian (comparative more absinthian, superlative most absinthian)

  1. Of the nature of wormwood.
    • Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets1652, Thomas Randolph, Poems
  2. Of or pertaining to absinthe.
    • The dim cavernous light depressed him, and the fish gaping and staring sluggishly in the tanks of absinthian green […]1904, William Henry Rideing, How Tyson Came Home: A Story of England and America, page 70

Origin of absinthean

From absinthe + -an.

Questions about absinthean

What is absinthean the alternative form of?
Absinthean is the alternative form of absinthian.

Words near absinthean in the dictionary

  1. absinthe green
  2. absinthe oil
  3. absinthe spoon
  4. absinthe spoons
  5. absinthe yellow
  6. absinthean
  7. absinthes
  8. absinthial
  9. absinthian
  10. absinthiana
  11. absinthiate

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