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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From alcohol + -y.
Adjective
alcoholy (comparative more alcoholy, superlative most alcoholy)
- (rare) Resembling or characteristic of alcohol.
1936 June 18, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 88, number 287, St. Louis, Mo., page 5B:This distilled dry gin is smooth and potent, without excess flavoring or alcoholy taste.
1958, David A[ugustus] Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, 3rd American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Dolphin Books, published 1961, →ISBN, page 49:But if you like a whisky that is full-bodied, mature, rich in character, and entirely free from what I call an “alcoholy” taste, you will prefer American bonded whisky, as do I.
(Can we date this quote?), Harper’s Bazaar, numbers 3578–3580, page 90:It’s either more concentrated and will be more strong or will have an alcoholy smell that won’t last.
1997 July 17, Diane Toroian, “The Chill Seekers”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, page 26:Like many summer cocktails, the alcohol here is almost indiscernible. According to [Rob] Winkler, that’s the point: “These drinks are so soothing and taste so good, but there isn’t that strong alcohol-y taste.”
2010, Joseph Mackin, Pretend All Your Life, Sag Harbor, N.Y.: The Permanent Press, →ISBN, page 49:“You smell like my father,” she said, waving her hand in front of her nose. Still, she smiled. / “What’s that supposed to mean?” / “The alcohol,” she answered. “That sweet alcoholy smell in the afternoon. […]”
2020, David Poyer, Violent Peace: The War with China — Aftermath of Armageddon, St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN:At last he focuses on the dark face over his. A black woman, in the blue dim. A strange alcoholy smell about her.