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Definition wormwood
Etymology
From Middle English wormwode, a folk etymology (as if worm + wood) of wermode (“wormwood”), from Old English werm?d, worm?d (“wormwood, absinthe”), from Proto-Germanic *werm?daz (“wormwood”). Cognate with Middle Low German wermode, wermede (“wormwood”), German Wermut (“wormwood”). Doublet of vermouth.
Noun
wormwood (countable and uncountable, plural wormwoods)
- An intensely bitter herb (Artemisia absinthium and similar plants in genus Artemisia) used in medicine, in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
- Anything that causes bitterness or affliction.
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