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6 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
originVariant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0