liquorice
Meaningsweet root
Common meaning: a sweet black root
- liqusweetLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 311 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
- icenoun ending: quality or act
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry γλυκύς, p. 311 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γλυκύς Greek “sweet”
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