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Sherry
Definitions
- 1 A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.
"Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and an M.I.T. professor who worked with Weizenbaum, coined the term the “Eliza Effect” to describe people convincing themselves that a technology that seemed human was more intelligent, perceptive and complex than it actually was."
- 2 A surname.
- 1 A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere. uncountable, usually
"He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam."
- 2 dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif wordnet
- 3 A variety of sherry. uncountable, usually
"They produce several quality sherries."
- 4 A glass of sherry. uncountable, usually
"Would you like a sherry?"
Etymology
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
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