metheglin

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metheglin

/mɪˈθɛɡlɪn/
/ˈmɛθəɡlɪn/
/mɛˈθɛɡlɪn/

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From Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“doctor, healer”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).

noun metheglins · methiglum

countable, uncountable A spiced mead, originally from Wales. A more practical critic notes that paleolithic man had a very sweet tooth, which he sated with honey. Worse, he moonshined the honey into metheglin, an alcoholic brew. Booze and junk food, in other words, are hardly modern inventions.

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@misc{metheglin_2026,
  title = {metheglin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metheglin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}