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: a usually sweetened alcoholic liquor (such as brandy) flavored with fruit, spices, nuts, herbs, or seeds
Examples of liqueur in a Sentence
a bottle of orange liqueur
Recent Examples on the Web
It's flavored with Irish cream liqueur, which deepens the flavor of the ultra-creamy cheesecake.
—Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2024
One nice touch was The Irene Dalis, a cocktail made with vodka, grapefruit juice, elderflower liqueur and a rosemary garnish.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
In the 2018 Cocktail Codex, the Death and Co. bartenders reduce the liqueur even further to a 5-1 ratio of vermouth to Bénédictine, and then point to the absinthe as bitters and call it an Old Fashioned variation.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
As a symbolic sweetener for his insistence, the French president’s gift offerings to Xi included an Armagnac from France’s southwest, one of the liqueurs at risk of the damaging Chinese sanctions.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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“Liqueur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liqueur. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
liqueur
noun
li·queur
li-ˈkər
-ˈk(y)u̇(ə)r
: a flavored and usually sweetened alcoholic beverage
Medical Definition
liqueur
noun
li·queur
li-ˈkər
-ˈk(y)u̇(ə)r
: a usually sweetened alcoholic beverage variously flavored (as with fruit or aromatics)
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