mescal
noun
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Pronunciation: /mɛˈskæl/ / /mɛˈskɑl/ / /ˈmɛzkæl/
name
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).
- A surname from Irish.
- A female given name.
- A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
noun
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).
- A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
“He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. Argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal.”
- The peyote cactus.