alcoholy

alcoholy adjective: resembling or characteristic of alcohol.

Adjective

alcoholy (comparative more alcoholy, superlative most alcoholy)

(rare) Resembling or characteristic of alcohol.
- This distilled dry gin is smooth and potent, without excess flavoring or alcoholy taste.1936 June 18, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 88, number 287, St. Louis, Mo., page 5B
- But if you like a whisky that is full-bodied, mature, rich in character, and entirely free from what I call an “alcoholy” taste, you will prefer American bonded whisky, as do I.1958, David A[ugustus] Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, 3rd American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, published 1961, →ISBN, page 49

It’s either more concentrated and will be more strong or will have an alcoholy smell that won’t last.(Can we date this quote?), Harper’s Bazaar, numbers 3578–3580, page 90:
I opened my eyes to bright strip lights and that alcoholy smell which spells infirmary.1995, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 241, column 1:
“That sweet alcoholy smell in the afternoon.[…]”2010, Joseph Mackin, Pretend All Your Life, Sag Harbor, N.Y.: The Permanent Press, →ISBN, page 49:

From alcohol + -y.

What does alcoholy mean?: Alcoholy means resembling or characteristic of alcohol.
How do you use alcoholy in a sentence?: It’s either more concentrated and will be more strong or will have an alcoholy smell that won’t last.
What part of speech is alcoholy?: Alcoholy is an adjective.

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