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pelinkovac

pelinkovac noun: a liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.

pelinkovac: a liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans
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Noun

pelinkovac (uncountable)

  1. A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
    • Absinthe tastes and smells like a cross between ouzo and pelinkovac.1988 July 8, Victor A. Friedman, “Improvising Absinthe”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016
    • His gaze fell on a bottle of pelinkovac and his stomach lurched.2008, Coral Petkovich, Ivan, from Adriatic to Pacific, →ISBN, page 75

Origin of pelinkovac

From Serbo-Croatian pelinkovac, from pelin (“wormwood”).

Questions about pelinkovac

What does pelinkovac mean?
Pelinkovac means a liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
What part of speech is pelinkovac?
Pelinkovac is a noun.

Words near pelinkovac in the dictionary

  1. pelikae
  2. pelikai
  3. Pelikan
  4. pelike
  5. pelikes
  6. pelinkovac
  7. pelioma
  8. peliomata
  9. peliomycin
  10. Pelion
  11. Pelionic

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