amontillado

A1M3O1N1T1I1L1L1A1D2O1

noun

A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounamontillado (countable and uncountable, plural amontillados)

plural amontillados

  1. countableuncountableA pale, dry sherry from Montilla.

Origin

  1. Spanishamontillado
  2. Spanishamontillado
  3. Englishamontillado

Borrowed from Spanish amontillado.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Portuguese amontillado, amontilhado
  • amontilladoTranslations
  • amontilhadoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

amontillado. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amontillado

MLA

“amontillado.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amontillado. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amontillado,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amontillado.

Source: amontillado on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.