Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A liqueur flavored with anise.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A cordial or liqueur prepared from the seed of the anise. Sometimes called aniseed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A French cordial or liqueur flavored with anise seeds.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, diminutive of anis, anise, from Old French; see anise.]

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Borrowed from French anisette, from anis +‎ -ette.

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Examples

  • It is National Anisette Day – anisette is anise liqueur and, while I’ve never had it, I’d probably like it, considering my obsession with black jelly beans.

    Old School Thursday: Not So Food-Related Edition Kit Pollard 2009

  • It is National Anisette Day – anisette is anise liqueur and, while I’ve never had it, I’d probably like it, considering my obsession with black jelly beans.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Kit Pollard 2009

  • But the move has raised hackles among some secularists in a country whose modern founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, was a renowned drinker of raki , the national anisette spirit.

    Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey Marc Champion 2011

  • In the mountains of Lebanon, where people still make their own wine and arak, kibbeh nayeh is washed down with a shot of the fiery anisette liqueur.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • While drinking anisette with Ernest Hemingway: “Papa, why did you do it?

    A video interview with Myron Uhlberg, followed by a brief text Q&A, about his memoir Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love. 2010

  • She was rolling the last batch of anisette cookies.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • In the mountains of Lebanon, where people still make their own wine and arak, kibbeh nayeh is washed down with a shot of the fiery anisette liqueur.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • My mother picked up the wine and loaf of anisette dough she had left in order to come get me.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • The purchase brings Diageo local Turkish brands of vodka and gin, as well as Turkey's leading brand of raki, a national anisette spirit sometimes referred to as lion's milk.

    Diageo Takes Gamble on Turkey With Mey Purchase Paul Sonne 2011

  • Bill left the room and my mother and I continued to roll the last of the anisette cookies.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

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