name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
mescal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/mɛˈskæl/
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/mɛˈskɑl/
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/ˈmɛzkæl/
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name
Meaning 2
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The peyote cactus.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink
noun
Meaning 7
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii
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Broader terms: cactus
History
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).
From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Western Apache: nadah — Mexican alcoholic drink
- Esperanto: meskalo — Mexican alcoholic drink
- Russian: меска́ль (meskálʹ) — Mexican alcoholic drink