† fenouiˈllette
Also 8 fenouillet(e.
[a. F. fenouillette, f. fenouil fennel.]
Fennel water.
| 1706 Lond. Gaz. No. 4280/4 French Wines, most Clarets, Prunes, Brandy, and Fenouillete. 1715 Dr. Swift's Real Diary 5 (D.) He's a silly fellow. Went home to take some fenouillet I was so sick of him. 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 282, I..found a scent of Fenouillette. |