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liquory

liquory adjective: intoxicated by alcohol; drunk.

Adjective

liquory (comparative more liquory, superlative most liquory)

  1. intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
    • Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book
    Synonyms:
    drunk
  2. Resembling alcohol.
    • You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […]1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine, page 146
    Synonyms:
    liquorlike

Synonyms of liquory

Forms of liquory

comparativemore liquory
superlativemost liquory

Origin of liquory

From liquor + -y.

Words that rhyme with liquory

Questions about liquory

What does liquory mean?
Liquory means intoxicated by alcohol; drunk.
What part of speech is liquory?
Liquory is an adjective.

Words near liquory in the dictionary

  1. liquorless
  2. liquorlike
  3. liquorous
  4. liquors
  5. liquors up
  6. liquory
  7. liquour
  8. liquours
  9. liquuh
  10. Liqwiltokw
  11. Liq̓ʷala

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