whiskeyed

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adjective

Treated or infused with whiskey.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectivewhiskeyed (comparative more whiskeyed, superlative most whiskeyed)

comparative more whiskeyed · superlative most whiskeyed · alternative whiskied

  1. Treated or infused with whiskey.

    Like Bob Dylan's, Nina Simone's, Pavarotti's, Sinatra's voice is improved by age, by years spent fermenting in cracked and whiskeyed oak barrels.

    2009 January 11, Bono, “Notes From the Chairman”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Celtic*udenskyos
  4. Old Irishuisce
  5. Irishuisce
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
  8. Proto-Celtic*biwos
  9. Proto-Celtic*biwotūts
  10. Old Irishbethu
  11. Irishbeatha
  12. Medieval Latinaqua vītae
  13. Irishuisce beatha
  14. Old Irishuisce
  15. Scottish Gaelicuisge
  16. Old Irishbethu
  17. Scottish Gaelicbeatha
  18. Medieval Latinaqua vītae
  19. Scottish Gaelicuisge-beatha
  20. Englishusquebaugh
  21. Englishusque
  22. Englishwhiskey
  23. Englishwhiskeyed

From whiskey + -ed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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