toddy
pronunciation
How to pronounce toddy in British English:
UK [ˈtɒdi]
How to pronounce toddy in American English:
US [ˈtɑdi]
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- Noun:
- a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot
Word Origin
- toddy
- toddy: [17] Toddy originally meant ‘palm sap’. It was an alteration of an earlier tarry, which was borrowed from Hindi tārī. This was a derivative of tār ‘palm tree’, a descendant of Sanskrit tāla or tāra, which in turn was probably borrowed from a Dravidian language of southern India (Kannada has tar, Telugu tādu). This palm sap was used as a drink, often in a potently fermented form, and in the 18th century toddy came to denote a hot spirit-based drink.
- toddy (n.)
- 1610s, alteration of taddy (1610s), tarrie (c. 1600) "beverage made from fermented palm sap," from Hindi tari "palm sap" (in which the -r- sounds close to an English -d-), from tar "palm tree," from Sanskrit tala-s, probably from a Dravidian language (compare Kannada tar, Telugu tadu). Meaning "beverage made of alcoholic liquor with hot water, sugar, and spices" first recorded 1786.
Example
- 1. Toddy is wonderful with children .
- 2. Edaf group tasting fresh wild palm toddy at the local farmer 's home of fraser 's hill , pahang malaysia .
- 3. 9 See joke : one day blocks ba yan to mount candy when palmy tree prepares to eat toddy stealthily , host came .