Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Colorless brandy distilled from fermented fruit juice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- French name for brandy. Cf.
Aqua vitæ , underaqua .
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- noun
brandy or similar spirit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun strong coarse brandy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French eau-de-vie : eau, water + de, of + vie, life.]
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French eau-de-vie
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