digestif
nounUK /daɪˈdʒɛstɪf/
Etymology Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.
1
An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.
- At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro.2007 June 27, Rob Willey, “A Bit of History, Reborn in a Glass”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2021: