wormwood

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, uncountable) An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that causes bitterness or affliction; a cause of mortification or vexation.

Concetti

assenzio

vermut

amarella

assenzio selvatico

genepì

genipì

sinonimi

absinth

absinthe

mugwort

absinthium

sagebrush

old man

tansy

yarrow

sage-brush

absinthe wormwood

santonin

absinth wormwood

field sagewort

common wormwood

sagewort

wormwood moth

artemisia

bitterness

disadvantage

downer

Traduzioni

Wermut

ajenjo

absinthe

armoise

absinto

alsem

Artemisia absinthium

αψιθιά

fiel

donzell

Beifuß

amertume

vermouth

absinti

αρτεμισία

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: wormwode

Affine Middle Low German: wermode

Affine tedesco: Wermut

In summary

From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English wermōd (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjamōdā (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth.