English
Etymology
Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg �medicinal� (from Latin medicus) + llyn �liquor� (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
Pronunciation
IPA: /mɪ'θ�glɪn/, /'m�θ�glɪn/
Noun
metheglin
- a spiced mead, originally from Wales
#:*1988: But Gwen behind the bar said: �Try this, mead it is called.� Reg admired the pure long high front vowel. Sack mead and sack metheglin. A scholarly man, tall and in leggings, his face a map of purple rivery veins, said: �Well, it�s the Welsh national drink, or was. Should properly be meddyglyn, liquor being llyn and meddyg from medicus, the healer.� � Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron
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