liquory
adjEtymology From liquor + -y.
1
intoxicated by alcohol; drunk
- Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book:
2
Resembling alcohol.
- You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […]1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine, page 146:
- Synonyms
- drunk, liquorlike