bourbonic

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adjective

Containing bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.

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Meanings

bourbonic1

adjectivebourbonic (not comparable)
  1. humorousnot comparablerareContaining bourbon, or having the flavour of bourbon.

    We gagged on that particular brand of bourbonic plague.

    1972, Temple Fielding, Fielding's travel guide to Europe, page 222
    1 more example

    […] a glance at the lable would serve to apprise you that it is NEITHER whisky NOR whiskey. Bourbonic peaches! Bourbon does have a definite maize flavor […]

    2001 February 18, Crgre Jvyyneq, "my beach ball adventure.", alt.religion.kibology, Usenet

Bourbonic2

adjectiveBourbonic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the House of Bourbon.

    The upper part of the face is decidedly of a Bourbonic cast, while the mouth and lower part resemble the House of Hapsburg. I also observed, to my surprise, that many of his gestures were similar to those peculiar to the Bourbons.

    1887, Augusta de Grasse Stevens, The lost Dauphin: Louis XVII, or Onwarenhiiaki the Indian Iroquois chief, page 106
  2. not comparableHaving the Bourbons' obstinately conservative style of government.

Origin

bourbonic · adjective

From bourbon + -ic, on the model of bubonic

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Bourbonic · adjective

From Bourbon + -ic.

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APA

bourbonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourbonic

MLA

“bourbonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourbonic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bourbonic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourbonic.

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