pelinkovac

English

Pelinkovac.

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]:

     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.