sherry
nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈʃɛɹi//
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
noun
- 1
A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
- 2
A variety of sherry.
They produce several quality sherries.
- 3
A glass of sherry.
Would you like a sherry?
Etymology
Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Spanish Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).
Forms
- plural
- sherries
sherry · A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
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