Absinthian

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the nature of wormwood.

    "Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to absinthe.

    "The dim cavernous light depressed him, and the fish gaping and staring sluggishly in the tanks of absinthian green […]"

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"Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets"

Etymology

From absinth + -ian.

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