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wormwood

/ˈwɜːmˌwʊd/WURM-wuud
/ˈwɝmˌwʊd/WURM-wuud

Meaningwormwood

Common meaning: bitter aromatic plant used in drinks

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwermod‘wormwood’source
  2. Middle Englishwermode‘wormwood’source
  3. Englishwormwood‘bitter aromatic plant used in drinks’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wermod ‘wormwood’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry WORMWOOD, p. 615 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wermod Old English “wormwood”

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