pelinkovac

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian pelinkovac, from pelin (“wormwood”).

Noun

pelinkovac (uncountable)

  1. A liqueur made from wormwood, originating in the Balkans.
    • 1988 July 8, Victor A. Friedman, “Improvising Absinthe”, in Chicago Reader‎[1], archived from the original on 7 March 2016:
      Absinthe tastes and smells like a cross between ouzo and pelinkovac.
    • 2008, Coral Petkovich, Ivan, from Adriatic to Pacific‎[2], →ISBN, page 75:
      His gaze fell on a bottle of pelinkovac and his stomach lurched.
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