liquory

adjective

li·​quory

-k(ə)rē,

-ri

: marked by or given to or prompted by the drinking of strong liquor : boozy, liquorish

the glittering liquory boom which the heavy-spending war years had brought on

—Life

liquory joy

Word History

Etymology

liquor entry 1 + -y

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