pelinkovac

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noun

A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.

OriginSerbo-Croatian pelinkovac →
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Meanings

nounpelinkovac (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.

    His gaze fell on a bottle of pelinkovac and his stomach lurched.

    2008, Coral Petkovich, Ivan, from Adriatic to Pacific, →ISBN, page 75
    1 more example

    Absinthe tastes and smells like a cross between ouzo and pelinkovac.

    1988 July 8, Victor A. Friedman, “Improvising Absinthe”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016

Origin

  1. Serbo-Croatianpelinkovac
  2. Englishpelinkovac

From Serbo-Croatian pelinkovac, from pelin (“wormwood”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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