absinthen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈabsɪnθ/,

/ˈabsãt/, U.S.

/ˈæbˌsɪnθ/

Forms: 1800s– absinth (now nonstandard), 1800s– absinthe.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French absinthe.

Etymology: < French absinthe highly alcoholic bitter spirit distilled from wine mixed with wormwood (a1804 or earlier: see quot. 1803 at sense A. 1), transferred use of absinthe wormwood (see absinth n.). Compare earlier absinth n. With use as adjective compare French absinthe having the green colour of absinthe (1925 or earlier).

A. n.

1. A highly alcoholic bitter aniseed-flavoured spirit, usually green in colour, traditionally distilled from wine flavoured with wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium) and other herbs, and served diluted with sugared water. Also figurative.Absinthe was popular among French artists and intellectuals in the late 19th cent., but was widely banned during the 20th cent. at the instigation of wine producers and temperance campaigners. This ban was usually linked to the alleged toxicity of wormwood (which contains small amounts of the neurotoxin thujone, found also in plants such as sage and tansy). Cf. absinthism n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of

rosa solis1564

rose wine1603

rose of solace1604

ros solis1607

ratafia1670

brandy-cherrya1687

cherry-brandy1686

kernel-water1706

cherry cordial1710

visney1733

walnut-water1747

aniseed1749

maraschino1770

noyau1787

rosolio1796

cherry-bounce1798

absinthe1803

Parfait Amour1805

curaçao1813

ginger cordial1813

citronelle1818

pine1818

crèmea1821

alkermes1825

Goldwasser1826

citronella1834

anisette1837

goldwater1849

crème de cassis1851

Van der Hum1861

chocolate liqueur1864

kümmel1864

chartreuse1866

pimento dram1867

Trappistine1877

green muse1878

rock and rye1878

Benedictine1882

liqueur brandy1882

mandarin1882

green1889

Drambuie1893

advocaat1895

Grand Marnier1900

green fairy1902

green peril1905

cassis1907

Strega1910

quetsch1916

cointreau1920

anis1926

Izarra1926

Southern Comfort1934

amaro1945

Tia Maria1948

amaretto1969

Sabra1970

sambuca1971

Midori1978

limoncello1993

1803 Man in Moon 7 Dec. (1804) viii. 58 Burgundy, followed by caffeè and the most exquisite liqueurs, absinthe, and abricot.

1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 494/2 We took a glass of absinthe to compose our nerves.

1861 Times 25 Mar. 8/6 Algeria..imports great quantities of Burgundy wines and absinth.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 July 7/1 Absinthe..contains several ethereal oils.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xliv. 215 By virtuous perseverance he had learnt to drink absinthe without distaste.

1929 Havana: Mag. Cuba 26 Jan. 45/1 The ‘Zazerac’ is a wicked one, blended with absinthe and Bourbon whiskey.

1951 C. Gohdes in A. H. Quinn Lit. Amer. People iii. xxxv. 710 One who likewise had sipped the absinthe of disillusionment.

1970 ‘E. Queen’ Last Woman i. 15 That retractable bar..[is] stocked with everything from absinthe to zubrovka.

1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 42/2 Modern absinthe has its origins in Couvet, a small village in western Switzerland.

2003 P. Martin Mammoth Bk. Cocktails iv. 381 Absinthe, 2oz. Absinthe (Pernod or Ricard, absinthe is not in production), ½oz. Anisette, ¼oz. Orgeat, 2 dashes Angostura Bitters.

2. The green colour of this spirit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green

willow-green1672

oil-green1673

lily-green1739

celadon1768

nascent green1839

ice-green1863

eau-de-nil1870

Nile green1871

absinthe1872

reseda1874

feuille1883

mignonette1883

chartreuse1884

water-green1884

mignonette-green1888

Nile1895

serpent1895

willow1922

peppermint1930

kelly1936

1872 Young Englishwoman Dec. 644/1 Absinthe, pale green.

1938 J. Cary Castle Corner 33 A sunray was turning the rollers from hawthorn to absinthe.

1952 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 13 Apr. (advt.) 13/1 The Continental French Purse..in Gaboa Cowhide agleam with tiny jewels..Wedgewood Blue, Mist Grey, Absinth, Red or Navy.

2004 Observer (Nexis) 16 May 11 A small combination of colours, distinctively her own—absinthe, crimson, arsenical green, royal blue and blood orange.

B. adj.

Of the green colour of absinthe. rare.

ΚΠ

1963 Harper's Bazaar May 41 An absinthe suit with a deep draped armhole.

Compounds

C1. General attributive and objective, as absinthe drinker, absinthe glass, etc.

ΚΠ

1854 Househ. Words 23 Dec. 441/2 Bank notes, Napoleons, and five franc pieces are strewn on the table amidst absinthe glasses, dominoes, decanters, and cigar ends.

1863 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 1 Aug. 1/5 The absinthe drinker returns from his Journey into the Sahara laden only with imbecility.

1889 Bird o' Freedom 7 Aug. 3 An absinthe tumbler which caught him a nasty crack across the dial.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 12/1 Some statistics..of the growth of the absinthe habit in France seem to justify the alarmists who speak of the beverage as ‘the green peril’.

2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 13/1 The Metropolitan Museum was still wrangling over whether Impressionism..was something invented in the absinthe shops of Paris.

C2. With reference to the green colour of absinthe, as absinthe colour, absinthe-coloured, absinthe green, etc.

ΚΠ

1877 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 12 Sept. 2/5 Among the newest shades are these suggestive names..toad in moss green, absinthe green..and matador red.

1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune II. ix. 221 Mr. Meander fell into another rhapsody over those classic cups and shallow little bowls of absinthe-coloured jade.

1908 W. G. B. Murdoch From Edinb. to India & Burmah v. 43 I remember..the absinthe colour of the Nile with pale blue reflections.

1928 Harper's Mag. May 728/1 Her complexion was absinthe-color, she was French, and her name was Marthe.

1946 J. R. McCarthy Fire in Earth 210 They are called ‘fancies’, the rare stones of well-marked colours. They may be..absinthe green, golden brown, orange, and every colour and combination of colours extant.

1974 H. R. Lane tr. C. Simon Conducting Bodies 8 Surrounded by divergent rays of light, like a sunburst, in an absinthe-colored sky.

2004 Guardian 11 Oct. 6 At Rochas, a wickedly dark absinthe green was the perfect shade for all those darkly chic silk separates.

C3.

absinthe spoon n. a spoon with a flat slotted or perforated bowl, used to dissolve a sugar lump in a glass of absinthe.

ΚΠ

1905 D. G. Hamilton-Gordon 50 Years Failure xiv. 293 They..provided absinthe spoons, and the other elaborate paraphernalia required by the drinkers of that commodity.

1921 T. Maynard Divine Adventure i. iv. 48 The second debater gesticulated with an absinthe spoon, as he spoke.

1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 42/2 You pour one or two inches of clear absinthe into a glass, then balance a trowel-shaped absinthe spoon across the rim.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	absinthe
释义	absinthen.adj. Brit. /ˈabsɪnθ/, /ˈabsãt/, U.S. /ˈæbˌsɪnθ/ Forms: 1800s– absinth (now nonstandard), 1800s– absinthe. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French absinthe. Etymology: < French absinthe highly alcoholic bitter spirit distilled from wine mixed with wormwood (a1804 or earlier: see quot. 1803 at sense A. 1), transferred use of absinthe wormwood (see absinth n.). Compare earlier absinth n. With use as adjective compare French absinthe having the green colour of absinthe (1925 or earlier). A. n. 1. A highly alcoholic bitter aniseed-flavoured spirit, usually green in colour, traditionally distilled from wine flavoured with wormwood ( Artemisia absinthium) and other herbs, and served diluted with sugared water. Also figurative.Absinthe was popular among French artists and intellectuals in the late 19th cent., but was widely banned during the 20th cent. at the instigation of wine producers and temperance campaigners. This ban was usually linked to the alleged toxicity of wormwood (which contains small amounts of the neurotoxin thujone, found also in plants such as sage and tansy). Cf. absinthism n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of rosa solis1564 rose wine1603 rose of solace1604 ros solis1607 ratafia1670 brandy-cherrya1687 cherry-brandy1686 kernel-water1706 cherry cordial1710 visney1733 walnut-water1747 aniseed1749 maraschino1770 noyau1787 rosolio1796 cherry-bounce1798 absinthe1803 Parfait Amour1805 curaçao1813 ginger cordial1813 citronelle1818 pine1818 crèmea1821 alkermes1825 Goldwasser1826 citronella1834 anisette1837 goldwater1849 crème de cassis1851 Van der Hum1861 chocolate liqueur1864 kümmel1864 chartreuse1866 pimento dram1867 Trappistine1877 green muse1878 rock and rye1878 Benedictine1882 liqueur brandy1882 mandarin1882 green1889 Drambuie1893 advocaat1895 Grand Marnier1900 green fairy1902 green peril1905 cassis1907 Strega1910 quetsch1916 cointreau1920 anis1926 Izarra1926 Southern Comfort1934 amaro1945 Tia Maria1948 amaretto1969 Sabra1970 sambuca1971 Midori1978 limoncello1993 1803 Man in Moon 7 Dec. (1804) viii. 58 Burgundy, followed by caffeè and the most exquisite liqueurs, absinthe, and abricot. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 494/2 We took a glass of absinthe to compose our nerves. 1861 Times 25 Mar. 8/6 Algeria..imports great quantities of Burgundy wines and absinth. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 July 7/1 Absinthe..contains several ethereal oils. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xliv. 215 By virtuous perseverance he had learnt to drink absinthe without distaste. 1929 Havana: Mag. Cuba 26 Jan. 45/1 The ‘Zazerac’ is a wicked one, blended with absinthe and Bourbon whiskey. 1951 C. Gohdes in A. H. Quinn Lit. Amer. People iii. xxxv. 710 One who likewise had sipped the absinthe of disillusionment. 1970 ‘E. Queen’ Last Woman i. 15 That retractable bar..[is] stocked with everything from absinthe to zubrovka. 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 42/2 Modern absinthe has its origins in Couvet, a small village in western Switzerland. 2003 P. Martin Mammoth Bk. Cocktails iv. 381 Absinthe, 2oz. Absinthe (Pernod or Ricard, absinthe is not in production), ½oz. Anisette, ¼oz. Orgeat, 2 dashes Angostura Bitters. 2. The green colour of this spirit. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > light green willow-green1672 oil-green1673 lily-green1739 celadon1768 nascent green1839 ice-green1863 eau-de-nil1870 Nile green1871 absinthe1872 reseda1874 feuille1883 mignonette1883 chartreuse1884 water-green1884 mignonette-green1888 Nile1895 serpent1895 willow1922 peppermint1930 kelly1936 1872 Young Englishwoman Dec. 644/1 Absinthe, pale green. 1938 J. Cary Castle Corner 33 A sunray was turning the rollers from hawthorn to absinthe. 1952 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 13 Apr. (advt.) 13/1 The Continental French Purse..in Gaboa Cowhide agleam with tiny jewels..Wedgewood Blue, Mist Grey, Absinth, Red or Navy. 2004 Observer (Nexis) 16 May 11 A small combination of colours, distinctively her own—absinthe, crimson, arsenical green, royal blue and blood orange. B. adj. Of the green colour of absinthe. rare. ΚΠ 1963 Harper's Bazaar May 41 An absinthe suit with a deep draped armhole. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as absinthe drinker, absinthe glass, etc. ΚΠ 1854 Househ. Words 23 Dec. 441/2 Bank notes, Napoleons, and five franc pieces are strewn on the table amidst absinthe glasses, dominoes, decanters, and cigar ends. 1863 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 1 Aug. 1/5 The absinthe drinker returns from his Journey into the Sahara laden only with imbecility. 1889 Bird o' Freedom 7 Aug. 3 An absinthe tumbler which caught him a nasty crack across the dial. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 May 12/1 Some statistics..of the growth of the absinthe habit in France seem to justify the alarmists who speak of the beverage as ‘the green peril’. 2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 13/1 The Metropolitan Museum was still wrangling over whether Impressionism..was something invented in the absinthe shops of Paris. C2. With reference to the green colour of absinthe, as absinthe colour, absinthe-coloured, absinthe green, etc. ΚΠ 1877 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 12 Sept. 2/5 Among the newest shades are these suggestive names..toad in moss green, absinthe green..and matador red. 1883 M. E. Braddon Phantom Fortune II. ix. 221 Mr. Meander fell into another rhapsody over those classic cups and shallow little bowls of absinthe-coloured jade. 1908 W. G. B. Murdoch From Edinb. to India & Burmah v. 43 I remember..the absinthe colour of the Nile with pale blue reflections. 1928 Harper's Mag. May 728/1 Her complexion was absinthe-color, she was French, and her name was Marthe. 1946 J. R. McCarthy Fire in Earth 210 They are called ‘fancies’, the rare stones of well-marked colours. They may be..absinthe green, golden brown, orange, and every colour and combination of colours extant. 1974 H. R. Lane tr. C. Simon Conducting Bodies 8 Surrounded by divergent rays of light, like a sunburst, in an absinthe-colored sky. 2004 Guardian 11 Oct. 6 At Rochas, a wickedly dark absinthe green was the perfect shade for all those darkly chic silk separates. C3. absinthe spoon n. a spoon with a flat slotted or perforated bowl, used to dissolve a sugar lump in a glass of absinthe. ΚΠ 1905 D. G. Hamilton-Gordon 50 Years Failure xiv. 293 They..provided absinthe spoons, and the other elaborate paraphernalia required by the drinkers of that commodity. 1921 T. Maynard Divine Adventure i. iv. 48 The second debater gesticulated with an absinthe spoon, as he spoke. 1997 Icon Thoughtstyle Mag. Apr. 42/2 You pour one or two inches of clear absinthe into a glass, then balance a trowel-shaped absinthe spoon across the rim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1803
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