from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A colorless, unsweetened Greek liqueur flavored with anise.
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noun uncountable An anise-flavoured liqueur, popular in Greece.
noun countable A serving of this drink.
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noun a Greek liquor flavored with anise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Modern Greek.]
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From Greek ούζο (ouzo), either from Turkish üzüm ("grape") or from the Italian uso Massalia (for use in Marseille) stamped on selected silkworm cocoons exported from Tyrnavos in the 19th century, standing for "superior quality". Other: from the ancient greek word όζω - οσμή (ózo - osmí = smell) because of the strong smell of the drink.
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Examples
British Minister for Africa Peter Hain has spoken out strongly against the European Union's reluctance to honour its trade deal with South Africa because of disagreement over the use of the terms ouzo and grappa.
Ray draws the heavy drapes and turns off the Ray’s Diner sign, then walks three blocks to his flat on Commonwealth Avenue, bathes, and takes a streetcar to Diana’s Grocery, a Greek restaurant, where he will meet friends and sip ouzo from a coffee cup.
The right to use the names grappa, a traditional Italian distillate, and ouzo, which is Greek, are part of a wines and spirits addendum to the trade pact.
Greece is concerned about South Africa's marketing of alcoholic beverages under the name "ouzo," an anise-flavored liqueur, and may reject the dlrs 17 billion free-trade agreement, said Panayotis
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