pastis

Examples

• All

• I'm thinking Balthazar for dinner and maybe a little pastis for dessert.

  New York, I Love You (2008)

• One Sunday, Amedee walked to Conchette's bar and grocery for a pastis and a hand of cards, and to purchase a spool of flypaper for Rose's kitchen.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Pastis has become Mojombo's favorite to drink.

  Blog text (22)

• Served with chilled spring water at a strict ratio of five to one, pastis tastes like mellowed liquor with an appetizing anise flavor.

  Blog text (17)

• Beyond those uneventful cruises, there was not much for me to do but drink pastis or any other anise concoction of the Mediterranean and watch my money grow; my rent was modest, food was cheap.

  Fiction book (1995)

• One day—I can still smell the golden pastis, the sharp sting of Gitanos, and the acrid feathers of strong coffee in my nostrils—

  Fiction book (1995)

• Then, slapping at a mosquito on his stubby neck, he turned back to his little group, which consisted of myself and dissenters on the mayor's tourism policy, took another long swig of pastis and continued his story.

  Fiction book (2000)

• I've taken some care with it, marinated the fine white flesh in olive oil and fennel—the last of my fennel—and a soupçon of pastis.

  Fiction book (1995)

• We drank pastis with Joelle and played with Sourya's new kittens.

• In addition, keeping with tradition, there's a pastis service and a list of aperitifs.

Synonyms

A

absinthe

vspastis

8 9.6

A strong green alcoholic drink flavored with wormwood and anise

is similar but is made without wormwood and milder

A

anisette

vspastis

1 9.8

A sweet clear alcoholic drink flavored with anise seeds

is less sweet and is served diluted rather than neat

A

anis

vspastis

9.6

A sweet French drink flavored with anise, served before a meal

is similar but is made without wormwood

A

absinth

vspastis

• Archaic

9.9

A strong green alcoholic drink flavored with a bitter herb and licorice

is similar but is made without wormwood and often diluted

Surface Forms

Etymology