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borachio

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: bŏʹrăchō
  • Received-Pronunciation: bŏʹrăchĭō
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɒˈɹæt͡ʃəʊ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɒˈɹæt͡ʃɪəʊ/
  • US: bôʹrächō
  • US: bôʹrächiō
  • US: /bɔˈɹɑt͡ʃoʊ/
  • US: /bɔˈɹɑt͡ʃioʊ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A drunkard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alco, alcoholic, alkie, bacchanal, bacchant, barfly, bibber, booze artist, boozehound, boozer, borachio, bouser, carouser, cupster, dipso, dipsomaniac, drinker, drunk, drunkard, fuddlecap, fuddler, grog artist, guzzler, inebriate, juicehead, lick-wimble, lush, lusher, maltworm, pisshead, pisspot, plonko, reel-pot, rinse-pitcher, rumpot, shicker, slubberdegullion, soak, soaker, sot, souse, sponge, squeeze-grape, sucker, suck-pint, swill-belly, swill-bowl, swill-flagon, swill-pot, swill-tub, swillking, tippler, toper, tosspot, tun, winebibber, winesop, wino

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A wineskin made of pigskin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Spanish borracho (“drunkard, wine bottle”), from Latin burrus (“red, flushed”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “tawny, red”).