Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alcoholic drink taken at the end of a meal, often thought to aid digestion.
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- noun A
beverage consumed after eating, so-called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Open through mid-October, Ottava Isola (www. ottavaisola.it) serves up meals of shellfish and pasta ending with mirto, a Sardinian digestif, that rival fine dining found on land.
The Subdued Side of Sardinia Cristina Slattery 2010
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Corona's pumping Euro-rave anthem Rhythm of the Night is no digestif.
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Old-timers suggest drinking it cold as a digestif, but at 108 proof you'll still want to drink it slowly, which will help you savor the full bounty of flavors.
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Here, people tend to drink cognac as an ap é ritif or sometimes as a digestif.
A Slow Path to Perfection Lennox Morrison 2011
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Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal Springerle cookie Simple Springerles These holiday classics are a thoroughly adult treat: dense, deeply perfumed with anise—and ideal with a digestif.
Wunderbar Cookies Sarah Karnasiewicz 2011
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And the liquour sorbets, such as those made with Calvados, Cassis or Armagnac, are a digestif and dessert combination.
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A variety of shapes and sizes, for champagne, wines, moscato passito di Pantelleria, and Liquore Centerba, a digestif made with 100 herbs -- which was very helpful at the end of such a week.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012
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A variety of shapes and sizes, for champagne, wines, moscato passito di Pantelleria, and Liquore Centerba, a digestif made with 100 herbs -- which was very helpful at the end of such a week.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012
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A variety of shapes and sizes, for champagne, wines, moscato passito di Pantelleria, and Liquore Centerba, a digestif made with 100 herbs -- which was very helpful at the end of such a week.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week Rozanne Gold 2012
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After dinner the members would play cards and they began drinking cognac pure as a digestif.
A Slow Path to Perfection Lennox Morrison 2011
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