Search for: alcohol
721 Etymology dictionary, p. groggy (adj.).2
1770, "drunk, overcome with grog so as to stagger or stumble," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring. Also used of hobbled horses (1828). Related: Groggily; grogginess .
722 Etymology dictionary, p. high (adj.).3
… from alcohol" is first attested 1620s, of drugs, 1932. Sense of "proud, haughty, arrogant, supercilious" (c. 1200) is reflected in high-handed and high horse. Of an evil …
723 Etymology dictionary, p. highball (n.).2
type of alcoholic drink, 1898, probably from ball "drink of whiskey;" high (adj.) because it is served in a tall glass. The word also was in use around the same time as railway jargon for the signal to proceed (originally by lifting a ball).
724 Etymology dictionary, p. hit (v.).3
… "drink alcohol" is from 1933 ( hit the booze in the same sense is from 1889, and hit the pipe "smoke opium" is also late 19c.). To figuratively hit the nail on the head …
725 Etymology dictionary, p. impair (v.).2
… of alcohol, first recorded 1951 in Canadian English. Related: Impaired; impairing .
726 Etymology dictionary, p. influence (n.).3
… (of alcohol, etc.) "drunk" first attested 1866.
727 Etymology dictionary, p. juicer (n.).2
agent noun in various senses from juice (v.); from 1892 as the name of an appliance for extracting juice; from 1928 as "an electrician;" by 1967 as "an alcoholic."
728 Etymology dictionary, p. julep (n.).3
As the name of a sugared alcoholic drink flavored with mint, 1761, originally a medical recipe; the apothecary's name for it was julepum menthae .
729 Etymology dictionary, p. kohl (n.).2
"powder used to darken the eyelids, etc.," properly of finely ground antimony, 1799, from Arabic kuhl (see alcohol ).
730 Etymology dictionary, p. laudanum (n.).2
… "any alcoholic tincture of opium." Latin ladanum was used in Middle English of plant resins, but this is not regarded as the source of the 16c. word.
731 Etymology dictionary, p. liqueur (n.).2
"sweetened, flavored alcoholic liquor," 1729, from French liqueur "liquor, liquid," from Old French licor "liquid." See liquor, which is the same word but borrowed earlier.
732 Etymology dictionary, p. lunatic (adj.).5
Earlier it was a term for a type of hairstyle worn over the forehead (1877). Lunatic soup (1918) was slang for "alcoholic drink" or several different alcoholic drinks taken together.
733 Etymology dictionary, p. methanol (n.).2
"methyl alcohol," 1892 (adopted that year by the international scientific community), from methyl + -ol, suffix denoting "alcohol."
734 Etymology dictionary, p. methylene (n.).2
… wood alcohol.
735 Etymology dictionary, p. metonymy (n.).2
… for "alcoholic drink," the Kremlin for "the Russian government"); 1560s, from French métonymie (16c.) and directly from Late Latin metonymia, from Greek metōnymia …
736 Etymology dictionary, p. mimosa (n.).2
… . The alcoholic drink (by 1977) is so called from its yellowish color.
737 Etymology dictionary, p. moxie (n.).2
… , non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve." Despite legendary origin stories …
738 Etymology dictionary, p. near (adv.).3
… "low-alcoholic brew" is from 1908.
739 Etymology dictionary, p. nightcap (n.).2
… the alcoholic sense, it is attested from 1818. American English sense of "final event in a sporting contest" (especially the second game of a baseball double …
740 Etymology dictionary, p. -ol.2
word-forming element in chemistry, variously representing alcohol, phenol, or in some cases Latin oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)).