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English
Etymology
From Spanish borracho (“drunkard, wine bottle”), from Latin burrus (“red, flushed”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “tawny, red”).
Pronunciation
Noun
borachio (plural borachios)
- (obsolete) A drunkard.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunkard
1700, Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, Act IV, scene x, page 62:Offence? As I'm a Perſon, I'm aſhamed of you—Fogh! how you ſtink of Wine! Dee think my Niece will ever endure ſuch a Borachio! you'r an abſolute Borachio.
- (historical) A bottle for wine made of pigskin.
1631, Ben Jonson, The Devil is an Ass, act II scene I:Meer. Yes, / But by my way of dressing, you must know, sir, / And med'cining the leather to a height / Of improved ware, like your borachio / Of Spain, sir, I can fetch nine thousand for't