‖ anisette
(aniˈzɛt, æ-)
[Fr., more fully Anisette de Bordeaux, f. anis anise + -ette dim.]
A liqueur flavoured with aniseed.
| 1837 For. Q. Rev. XIX. 11 To drink with them a glass of anisette. 1839 L. Sargent Temp. T. 210 The inveterate sipper of anisette. 1860 All Y. Round No. 42. 367 Raki, a sort of fiery oily anisette..is drunk with great relish by the Greeks. |