Digestif

//daɪˈdʒɛstɪf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An alcoholic beverage consumed after eating, so called because it is presumed to aid digestion.

    "At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro."

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"At Vessel, in Seattle, the bar manager, Jamie Boudreau, starts his cherry bitters by combining separate bourbon- and rye-based infusions with a touch of honey-flavored vodka and the Italian digestif amaro."

Etymology

Borrowed from French digestif. Doublet of digestive.

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