wormwood

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

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.

Sinonimai

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

Vertimai

Wermut

ajenjo

assenzio

absinthe

armoise

absinto

alsem

αψιθιά

Artemisia absinthium

fiel

donzell

Beifuß

vermut

amertume

vermouth

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Paveldėta iš Vidurio Anglijos: wormwode

Sutampa su Middle Low German: wermode

Sutampa su vokiečių: 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.