anisette

[ an-uh-set, -zet, an-uh-set, -zet ]

/ ˌæn əˈsɛt, -ˈzɛt, ˈæn əˌsɛt, -ˌzɛt /

a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.

Origin of anisette

1830–40; < French, short for anisette de Bordeaux. See anise, -ette

This operation ended, he quietly sipped a few drops of anisette, and rolled and lighted another paper cigar.

Captain Brand of the "Centipede" |H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
Fellingham parried him with a sedate gravity of irony that was painfully perceptible to Anisette.

The Short Works of George Meredith |George Meredith
Anisette liqueur may be used in place of the absinthe if more convenient.

The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book |Victor Hirtzler
Then too, she had often helped her mother empty a bottle of anisette.

L'Assommoir |Emile Zola

I goin' mek for you myself one anisette and one café royale ver' fine.

Roads of Destiny |O. Henry

anisette

/ (ˌænɪˈzɛt, -ˈsɛt) /

a liquorice-flavoured liqueur made from aniseed

C19: from French; see anise, -ette