bourbonic
bourbonic adjective: containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
Adjective (1)
bourbonic (not comparable)
- Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
- We gagged on that particular brand of bourbonic plague.1972, Temple Fielding, Fielding's travel guide to Europe, page 222
- […] a glance at the lable would serve to apprise you that it is NEITHER whisky NOR whiskey. Bourbonic peaches! Bourbon does have a definite maize flavor […]2001 February 18, Crgre Jvyyneq, "my beach ball adventure.", alt.religion.kibology, Usenet
Adjective (2) capitalized: Bourbonic
Bourbonic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the House of Bourbon.
- The upper part of the face is decidedly of a Bourbonic cast, while the mouth and lower part resemble the House of Hapsburg. I also observed, to my surprise, that many of his gestures were similar to those peculiar to the Bourbons.1887, Augusta de Grasse Stevens, The lost Dauphin: Louis XVII, or Onwarenhiiaki the Indian Iroquois chief, page 106
- Having the Bourbons' obstinately conservative style of government.
Origin of bourbonic
From bourbon + -ic, on the model of bubonic
From Bourbon + -ic.
Questions about bourbonic
- What does bourbonic mean?
- Bourbonic means containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.
- What part of speech is bourbonic?
- Bourbonic is an adjective.
Words near bourbonic in the dictionary
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