[F.; = LIQUOR sb.]
1. A strong alcoholic liquor sweetened and flavored with aromatic substances.
1742. Pope, Dunc., IV. 316. He … Try’d all hors-d’œuvres, all liqueurs defin’d, Judicious drank, and greatly-daring din’d.
c. 1750. Shenstone, To the Virtuosi, v. Tis you … Know what conserves they chuse to eat And what liqueurs to tipple.
1768. Boswell, Corsica (ed. 2), 280. At dinner we had … different sorts of wine and a liqueur.
1804. T. Trotter, Drunkenness, v. (1884), 176. The liqueur called Noyau.
1815. Sporting Mag., XLVI. 122. Cafes, where coffee and liqueurs are taken.
1871. Longf., in Life (1891), III. 169. Manufacturers of exquisite liqueurs.
1882. Encycl. Brit., XIV. 686/2. Bitters form a class of liqueurs by themselves.
b. A mixture (consisting of sugar and certain wines, or sugar and alcohol) used to sweeten and flavor champagne.
1872. Thudichum & Dupré, Treat. Wine, 468.
2. = liqueur-glass.
In some recent Dicts.
3. attrib. and Comb., as liqueur manufacturer, merchant; liqueur brandy, a brandy of special bouquet, which is consumed in small quantities as a liqueur; liqueur-frame, a frame for holding liqueur bottles; liqueur-glass, a very small drinking glass used for liqueurs; liqueur-man, one who adds the liqueur in the process of champagne-making; liqueur-stand = liqueur-frame. liqueur-wine [= F. vin de liqueur], one of the strong and delicate-flavored wines that have the character of liqueurs.
1882. Encycl. Brit., XIV. 686/2. Wines and spirits remarkable for their amount of bouquet, such as tokay and *liqueur brandy, &c.
1875. Jas. Grant, One of the ‘600,’ iv. Binns appeared … followed by a servant bearing *liqueur-frames, filled with ‘mountain dew.’
1859. Lang, Wand. India, 18. Two *liqueur glasses.
1872. Thudichum & Dupré, Treat. Wine, 468. The liqueur is kept in the atelier in a large can attached to a machine which is under the guidance of the *liqueur-man.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, *Liqueur manufacturer.
1800. Ann. Reg., 441. An Italian *liqueur merchant.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, *Liqueur stand.
1872. Thudichum & Dupré, Treat. Wine, 515. *Liqueur Wines.
