negus.
A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
Meaning & usage
A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
Where this word comes from
Named after Colonel Francis Negus (1670–1732), its creator.
A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.
Where this word comes from
Fitst use appears c. the 1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).
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