Strega
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English
Etymology
From Italian Strega (proprietary name).
Noun
Strega (countable and uncountable, plural Stregas)
- An Italian herbal liqueur coloured with saffron.
- 1922, DH Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
- The waiter rattled off a list, beginning with Strega and ending with cherry brandy.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 20:
- I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.
Anagrams
Italian
Proper noun
Strega ?
- Strega
- Synonym: Liquore Strega