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Middle English

bous

intoxicating drink

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A casual tabletop grouping of recognizable alcoholic drinks: a foamy amber beer in a handled mug, red wine in a stemmed glass beside an open wine bottle, and amber spirits in a squat bottle beside a low tumbler.
noun / verb

booze

BOOZ/buːz/

Alcoholic drink or the act of drinking it.

Etymology
boozeMiddle Englishintoxicating drink

Booze is probably a variant of Middle English bous, “intoxicating drink.” That older word came from a term for a drinking vessel, linking the container with its alcoholic contents.

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