booze

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   alcoholic drink; to drink alcohol heavily

   They brought plenty of booze to the party.

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Simplified etymology

Booze came into Middle English from Dutch busen, meaning “to drink to excess.” It is among the oldest English borrowings from Dutch.

From Middle English bouse, bousen ('to drink to excess'), from Middle Dutch būsen ('to drink heavily'), of Germanic origin.

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