Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

absinthian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-sinthi-an
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the nature of wormwood.

adj

Of or pertaining to absinthe.

Example Sentences

"Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets"
"The dim cavernous light depressed him, and the fish gaping and staring sluggishly in the tanks of absinthian green […]"
"The unfortunate dog will, dur- during ten minutes, have had an attack of intoxication and absinthian epilepsy ; but at the end of an hour he will have recovered completely."
"The skinny shadows of symbolist poets, converts to Catholicism, linger in the absinthian green of the Boulevard trees."
"… in the dazed course of an absinthian stupor, …"

Etymology

Etymology tree English absinth Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English absinthian From absinth + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more absinthian (comparative) most absinthian (superlative) absinthean (alternative)

Questions

What does absinthian mean?: Of the nature of wormwood.
Where does absinthian come from?: Etymology tree English absinth Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English absinthian From absinth + -ian.

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