Meaning

1 senses

  1. A macerated substance.

    a macerated substance, sometimes used to infuse vodka with flavor.

Origin

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācer

First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer.

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Forms

plural: macerates
Singularmacerate
Pluralmacerates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
macaroonmacawmacemachetemachineA1

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