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metheglin

metheglin

1 9.9
An alcoholic drink that uses honey and water and has spices or herbs for flavor
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛθəɡlɪn/
: meteglin
  • The recipe called for metheglin, which adds a unique aroma thanks to the spices included.

Examples

  • Many people enjoy sipping metheglin during the winter holidays for its rich flavor and warmth.

  • Sim thinks it could be a plumb bob aftereffect, set off by the metheglin he drank in the Eolian.

    Blog text (12)

  • It tasted somewhat like metheglin, though without the taste of honey, and it clung to the cup with such determination that Inman found himself licking it out.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • On special occasions, they served metheglin mixed with herbs that enhanced its medicinal properties.

Synonyms

mead
vsmetheglin
14 8.7

An alcoholic drink made from honey and water, sometimes with spices or fruit

is a version that adds spices or medicinal herbs for flavor
czworniak
vsmetheglin
9.9

A Polish alcoholic drink made with three parts water and one part honey

is defined by spiced or herbal flavoring rather than by water ratio

Surface Forms

metheglin singular
metheglins plural

Etymology

The word metheglin comes from the Welsh meddyglyn, made of meddyg 'doctor' and lyn 'drink', and meddyg is like our English medicine. So, metheglin is a spiced mead that people once drank for health.