Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cocktail made of rum, sugar, lime juice, crushed mint leaves, soda water, and shaved ice.

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  • noun A Cuban cocktail made from rum, lime, sugar, mint etc.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Cuban Spanish, from diminutive of Spanish mojo, sauce, from mojar, to moisten, to dip, from Vulgar Latin *molliāre, to soften by wetting; see moil.]

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From Cuban-Spanish mojo ("sauce"), from mojar ("to moisten"), from hypothetical Vulgar Latin molliāre ("to soften by soaking"), from Latin molliō ("soften"), from mollis ("soft").

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  • this was supposedly Ernest Hemingway's favorite drink according to his grandson, as heard on NPR

    December 15, 2006