alcoholy

English

Alternative forms

• alcoholly

Etymology

From alcohol +‎ -y.

Adjective

alcoholy (comparative more alcoholy, superlative most alcoholy)

1. (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.

   • 1995, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 241, column 1:

     I opened my eyes to bright strip lights and that alcoholy smell which spells infirmary.

   • 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.