- absinthine
[absinthine 词源字典]
- "Having the characteristics of wormwood; bitter, harsh", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), author, biographer, and historian. Originally from absinth or its ultimate etymon classical Latin absinthium absinthium + -ine. In later use also from absinthe + -ine.[absinthine etymology, absinthine origin, 英语词源]