oloroso

[ oh-luh-roh-soh ]

noun

1. a medium-dry sherry of Spain.

oloroso

/ ˌɒləˈrəʊsəʊ /

noun

1. a full-bodied golden-coloured sweet sherry

Word History and Origins

Origin of oloroso¹

1875–80; < Spanish: literally, sweet-smelling, equivalent to olor smell (< Latin (variant of odor odor ), equivalent to ol ( ēre ) to give off a smell + -or -or ¹ ) + -oso -ous

Word History and Origins

Origin of oloroso¹

from Spanish: fragrant

Example Sentences

It is a type of sherry; specifically, a happy medium between a light, fruity, unaged fino sherry and a dark, earthy, aged oloroso, a golden, oak-aged, medium-dry sherry much prized among the pinky-raisers in America and Europe in Poe’s day.

From Seattle Times

Ms. Chu often adds rum; if she wants to up the nuttiness, she’ll use a little oloroso or amontillado sherry.

From New York Times

It’s a cheese to savor on its own with a glass of Auslese or oloroso.

From New York Times

For A Mi Manera, Holzer mixes Bacardí Ocho, an 8-year aged rum that's become a mainstay for craft cocktails, with Oloroso sherry, a homemade strawberry syrup, lemon juice and the aforementioned aquafaba, and mint leaf garnish.

From Salon

Dry sherries vary from crisp, saline fino and manzanilla to fruity amontillado and rich palo cortado and oloroso.

From Washington Post