wormwood

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  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.

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Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈwə(ɹ)m.wʊd/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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.

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