different between liquour vs liquor

English

Noun

liquour (countable and uncountable, plural liquours)

1. Obsolete form of liquor.

Verb

liquour (third-person singular simple present liquours, present participle liquouring, simple past and past participle liquoured)

1. Obsolete spelling of liquor

Middle English

Noun

liquour

1. Alternative form of licour

English

Alternative forms

• liquour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English licour, from Anglo-Norman licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid”), from liquere (“to be fluid or liquid”); see liquid. Doublet of liqueur.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?k.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?k.?/
• Homophone: licker
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Noun

liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)

1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia:

     Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]

2. (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
4. (Britain, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
5. (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
6. In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
7. A liquid in which something has been steeped.

Synonyms

• (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
• (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)

1. (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To grease.

   • cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored

Derived terms

• liquored up

References

• liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liquor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Etymology 1

From lique? (“I am liquid, fluid”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li.k?or/, [?l?k??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]

Noun

liquor m (genitive liqu?ris); third declension

1. fluidity, liquidity
2. a liquid, fluid

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• Russian: ????? (likjór)
• Spanish: licor m
• Italian: liquore

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li?.k?or/, [?li?k??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]

Verb

l?quor (present infinitive l?qu?); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect or supine stem

1. (intransitive) to be fluid or liquid
2. (intransitive) to flow
3. (intransitive) to melt, dissolve

Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?li.k?or/, [?l?k??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?li.kwor/, [?li?kw?r]

Verb

liquor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of liqu?

References

• l?quor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• l?quor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• liquor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• liquor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• liquor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.