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oloroso.

A type of sherry, darker and smoother than fino sherry, used as a base for sweetened sherries.

7 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A type of sherry, darker and smoother than fino sherry, used as a base for sweetened sherries.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Spanish olor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish olorosobor. English oloroso Borrowed from Spanish oloroso.

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