Cognac

proper nounattested in dialogue

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A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.

proper noun

1
A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.
2
Variant of cognacAlternative letter-case form of cognac (brandy from Cognac).
I confess that since Madame X left me[…]Housekeeping Anarchy had reigned o’er my Putney domicile[…], so my porcelain throne has long been my de facto office seat. A decent Cognac sits under the ball-gowned lavatory-roll cover, and I leave the door open so I can hear the kitchen radio.

Etymology

From French Cognac, from Occitan Conhac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum, from the name Cominius, Cominia + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).

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