Word.ws English Dictionary

absinthes

absinthes is the plural of absinthe.

Meaning of absinthe

Noun

absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

  1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
  2. (figuratively) Bitterness; sorrow.
  3. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
    • Let us go out and drink to the very good health of Monsieur Tarzan in some of old Plancon’s unparalleled absinth; not forgetting that the Count de Coude is one of the best swordsmen in Paris, and by far the best shot in all France.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Plot That Failed”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 63
    Synonyms:
    green fairy
  4. A moderate yellow green.
    Synonyms:
    absinthe green
  5. absinthe green
    Synonyms:
    absinthe green
  6. (US) Sagebrush.

Questions about absinthes

What is absinthes the plural of?
Absinthes is the plural of absinthe.

Words near absinthes in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: absinthes (page history and authors); absinthe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “absinthes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/absinthes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.