margarita
/ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "In the summer, he’s posted on the corner with his BMX sipping margarita from a styrofoam cup and in the winter he’s indoors with his PlayStation and blunt."
- "“I didn’t think you loved me so much as this, my Margarita!” he said, in a broken voice. She did not answer, but she clung to him as a child clings to its mother, and the end was, they remained in town together. It seemed as though Fate interposed to prevent the two Margaritas meeting again."
- "Anyway, hope you don’t get this coz you’re off somewhere cool, sipping Margarita and getting over yourself."
- "You: Gray hair, 50-ish, dark red button-up shirt, black pants, sipping Margarita alone at table."
- "Sipping salty Margaritas I’d finally started to feel as if we’d lived through something terrible and world-altering but ridden it out, survived."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáhder. Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-der.? Ancient Greek μαργᾰρῑ́της (margărī́tēs)der. Latin margarītader. Spanish margaritabor. English margarita Borrowed from Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
- British English: /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/