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tequila

nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˌtəˈkiː.lə//

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

noun

  1. 1

    An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

    For a moment the bottle of tequila at the bottom of the garden gleamed on his soul, then the Consul stumbled into his bedroom.

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tequila, from Tequila, a town in Jalisco.

Forms

plural
tequilas
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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