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mescal¹

  • /mɛˈskæl/
  • /mɛˈskɑl/
  • /ˈmɛzkæl/

Where it comes from

From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).

noun mescals · mezcal · mexcal

  1. countable, uncountable A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave. He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal.
  2. countable, uncountable The peyote cactus.

Mescal²

Where it comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).

proper noun Mescals

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Irish.
  2. countable, rare, uncountable A female given name.
  3. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.

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noun Mexican alcoholic drink

Русскиймеска́ль meskálʹ

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"mescal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mescal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mescal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mescal

Chicago

"mescal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mescal.

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@misc{mescal_2026,
  title = {mescal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mescal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}