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Alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
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bitters
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Word definitions for bitters in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1713, from bitter . So called for its taste.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bitters \Bit"ters\, n. pl. A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
Usage examples of bitters.
The popular herbal drink known as Hop Bitters is said to owe many of its supposed virtues to the bryony root, substituted for the mandrake which it is alleged to contain.
Nest, sipping his fourth cup of Eardley bitters, when Dario returned to the tavern.