prunelle

[ proo-nel ]

noun

1. a sweet, brown, French liqueur distilled from plums.
2. prunella.

prunelle

/ pruːˈnɛl /

noun

1. a green French liqueur made from sloes

Word History and Origins

Origin of prunelle¹

< French, diminutive of prune prune ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of prunelle¹

C18: from French: a little plum, from prune prune ¹

Example Sentences

But Mr. Matzneff referred to Mr. Girard as his patron and dedicated to him his diary of that era, “La Prunelle des mes yeux,’’ or “The Apple of my eye.’

From New York Times

There is the prunelle, and welcome to it!

From Project Gutenberg

Agamemnon Flag, attired in a new blue coat with figured gilt buttons, white waistcoat, india-rubber watch-guard, snowy pantaloons of very fine drilling, and boots of drab prunelle, tipped at the toes with polished French leather, a watered-silk cravat, and gold spectacles, sat at the breakfast-table with Mrs. Handy and Henrietta, her daughter—the smallest, the neatest, and the best-shaped female, it is said by those who pretend to be judges, in Quodlibet.

From Project Gutenberg

Les enfants qui sont autour d'elle Sont les fruits de son tendre amour Dont ce beau joueur de prunelle Pouvait bien go�ter quelque jour.

From Project Gutenberg

The road crosses the Gravone and the Prunelle, flowing into the gulf through fertile valleys, and then winds through a wild and mountainous country, in which Cauro is the only village, till, surmounting the Col San Georgio, 2000 feet above the level of the sea, it descends into a rich plain, watered by the Taravo.

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