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681 Etymology dictionary, p. ardent (adj.).2
… of alcoholic distillates, brandy, etc., "flammable," from Old French ardant "burning, hot; zealous" (13c.), from Latin ardentem (nominative ardens ) "glowing, fiery, hot …
682 Etymology dictionary, p. bar-room (n.).2
also barroom, "room in a tavern, etc., with a bar or counter where alcoholic drinks are served," 1797, from bar (n.2) + room (n.).
683 Etymology dictionary, p. beer (n.).2
alcoholic drink made from grain (generally barley), infused with hops and boiled and fermented, Middle English ber, from Old English beor "strong drink, beer …
684 Etymology dictionary, p. benzene (n.).2
… from alcohol .
685 Etymology dictionary, p. bimbo (n.).3
… an alcoholic punch, mentioned in newspapers from New York state (1837), Boston (1842), and New Orleans (1844, but as having come from Boston). It is usually made with …
686 Etymology dictionary, p. binge (n.).2
… up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge "soak" (a wooden vessel). Said to have been originally as a dialect word. Binge is noted in Evans' "Leicestershire Words, Phrases …
687 Etymology dictionary, p. bloat (n.).2
1860, "a contemptible person" (perhaps with notions of being bloated by indulgence in alcohol, etc.), from bloat (v.). By 1878 as a disease of livestock; the meaning "bloatedness" is from 1905.
688 Etymology dictionary, p. booze (n.).2
"alcoholic drink," by 1570s, also bouze (in poetry rhyming with carouse ), also as a verb, probably a variant of Middle English bous "intoxicating drink," (mid-14c.), which …
689 Etymology dictionary, p. bracer (n.).2
… an alcoholic drink taken early in the morning (by 1826). Related: Bracers .
690 Etymology dictionary, p. cetyl (n.).2
univalent alcohol radical found in spermaceti, beeswax, etc., 1842, from Latin cetus "whale" (see Cetacea ) + -yl .
691 Etymology dictionary, p. chloral (n.).2
"colorless liquid formed by the action of chlorine on alcohol," apparently coined by German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1833 from elements from chlorine + alcohol. Later chiefly in chloral hydrate (1874).
692 Etymology dictionary, p. cholesterol (n.).2
… an alcohol) after the compound was discovered to be a secondary alcohol.
693 Etymology dictionary, p. closet (n.).4
… of alcoholism but by 1970s used principally of homosexuality; the phrase come out of the closet "admit something openly" is first recorded 1963, and lent a …
694 Etymology dictionary, p. cola (n.).3
… publication ("Alcohol," by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union) lists the names of drinks found to contain caffeine and extract of coca leaf:
695 Etymology dictionary, p. cooler (n.).2
… mildly alcoholic one based mainly on fruit juice or a soft drink, is by 1953.
696 Etymology dictionary, p. daiquiri (n.).2
alcoholic drink made with rum, lime juice, and sugar, 1920 (F. Scott Fitzgerald), from Daiquiri, name of a district or village in eastern Cuba. Said to have been invented by a U.S. mining engineer in Cuba in 1896.
697 Etymology dictionary, p. delirium (n.).3
… of alcohol" ["The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences," London, 1882]. As synonyms, Farmer lists barrel-fever, gallon distemper …
698 Etymology dictionary, p. detox.2
… of alcoholics and drug addicts," a colloquial abbreviation of detoxification ( center, facility, etc.).
699 Etymology dictionary, p. detoxification (n.).2
… of alcohol; see detoxify + noun ending -ation. As a type of alternative health treatment, by 1997.
700 Etymology dictionary, p. detoxify (v.).2
1905, "remove poisonous qualities from;" see de- + toxic + -fy. Earlier in the same sense was detoxicate (1867). Of persons, "treat to remove the effects of alcohol or drugs as a step to ending addiction," by 1970. Related: Detoxified; detoxifying .