anisette
pronunciation
How to pronounce anisette in British English:
UK [ænɪ'zet]
How to pronounce anisette in American English:
US [ænɪ'zet]
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- Noun:
- liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed
Word Origin
- anisette (n.)
- "liqueur flavored with aniseed," 1837, from French Anisette de Bordeaux, from diminutive of anis (see anise).
Example
- 1. They all had a drink of anisette which hagen poured them before he told them the story of that night .
- 2. He sat straight in the armchair and he said to hagen , " give me a drop of anisette . "
- 3. Drier and more potent than anisette , this semi-sweet anise liqueur is made in greece and cyprus .