seltzer
nounUS /ˈsɛltsɚ/
Etymology A toponym from 1735–45 German Selterser (“of Selters”), after Selters, a village known for its carbonated mineral springs.
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Usually Ellipsis of seltzer water.
- His youth, his good looks, his charm made the sinister savagery hinted in the smile the more disconcerting. He poured whiskey from a bottle into each of the two tall glasses, filled them up with seltzer, extended one toward Susan.a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise:
- Derived terms
- bromo-seltzer, hard seltzer, seltzer bottle, seltzerita, seltzertini, seltzogene