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Mescal
//mɛˈskæl// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
- 2 A female given name. countable, rare, uncountable
- 3 A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 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 a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant) wordnet
- 3 The peyote cactus. countable, uncountable
- 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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