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drambuie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
dram-buie
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Scottish honey-flavoured whiskey liqueur.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Supposedly from Scottish Gaelic an dram buidheach (“the satisfying drink”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Drambuies (plural)

Questions

What does drambuie mean?
A Scottish honey-flavoured whiskey liqueur.
Where does drambuie come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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