liquorice

liquorice
\ \ [13] Liquorice, or licorice as it is usually spelled in American English, has no direct etymological connection with liquor (although liquor has played a significant role in its development). It goes back to Greek glukúrrhiza, which meant literally ‘sweet root’ (it was a compound of glukús ‘sweet’, source of English glycerine, and rhíza ‘root’, source of English rhizome [19]). Under the influence of liquor, this was borrowed into post-classical Latin as liquiritia, which passed into English via Old French licoresse and Anglo-Norman lycorys.
\ \ Cf.⇒ GLYCERINE, RHIZOME

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  • Liquorice — Liq uor*ice (l[i^]k [ e]r*[i^]s), n. See {Licorice}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • liquorice — chiefly British alternative spelling of LICORICE (Cf. licorice) …   Etymology dictionary

  • liquorice — is the BrE spelling, and licorice the AmE spelling, of the word denoting a black root extract used as a sweet …   Modern English usage

  • liquorice — (US licorice) ► NOUN ▪ a sweet, chewy, aromatic black substance made from the juice of a root and used as a sweet and in medicine. ORIGIN Old French licoresse, from Greek glukurrhiza sweet root …   English terms dictionary

  • liquorice — [lik′ə ris, lik′ərish] n. chiefly Brit. var. of LICORICE …   English World dictionary

  • Liquorice — Taxobox name = Liquorice image width = 240px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae tribus = Galegeae genus = Glycyrrhiza species = G. glabra binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • Liquorice — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Liquorice peut faire référence à : un synonyme de la Glycyrrhizine, un édulcorant présent dans la réglisse ; liquorice, le nom anglais de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • liquorice — noun /ˈlɪkəɹɪʃ/ a) A leguminous plant, Glycyrrhiza glabra, from which a sweet black liquor is extracted and used as a confection and in medicine b) a type of confection made from liquorice extract. Syn …   Wiktionary

  • liquorice — liq·uo·rice || lɪkÉ™rɪs , ʃ n. leguminous plant; root of the liquorice plant (used in medicine, liquors and candy); candy flavored with liquorice (also licorice) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • liquorice — лакричник block liquorice juice сухой сок лакричника block liquorice сухой экстракт лакричника в виде блоков …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • liquorice — Licorice Lic o*rice (l[i^]k [ o]*r[i^]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky rriza; glyky s sweet + ri za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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