licourとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old French licour, from Latin liquor (“fluidity; a liquid”).

発音

• IPA: /liˈkuːr/, /ˈlikur/

名詞

licour (plural licours)

1. liquid (flowing substance)
2. juice, blood (or other natural liquid)
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

     Whan that Auerill w his shoures soote / The droghte of march hath ꝑced to the roote / And bathed euery veyne in swich lycour / Of which v̄tu engendred is the flour […]

     When that April, with its sweet showers / Has pierced March's drought to the root / And bathed every vein in fluid such that / with its power, the flower is made […]

3. A beverage or drink; a liquid for consumption.
4. (cooking) Liquid for boiling in.
5. (rare) spices, seasonings
6. (rare) fluidity, liquidity

派生した語

• English: liquor
• Middle Scots: licour, liquour
  • Scots: liquor

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