Mescal

//mɛˈskæl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A female given name. countable, rare, uncountable
  3. 3
    A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. countable, uncountable

    "He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. Argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal."

  2. 2
    a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) wordnet
  3. 3
    The peyote cactus. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

Etymology 2

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).

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