absinthe

absinthenoun/ˈæb.sɪnθ/

• 1

  The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.

• 2

  Bitterness; sorrow.

• 3

  A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.

  • Let us go out and drink to the very good health of Monsieur Tarzan in some of old Plancon’s unparalleled absinth; not forgetting that the Count de Coude is one of the best swordsmen in Paris, and by far the best shot in all France.
  • Absinthe ads like to trade on artists like Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec, as if the history of the green fairy began in the Pigalle neighborhood of 1870s Paris, but wormwood-infused drinks have been around for thousands of years.
• 4

  A moderate yellow green.

• 5

  A moderate yellow green. absinthe green:

• 6

  Sagebrush.