sherry

name

1. A female given name from English, from the sherry wine, or a variant of Cheri.

   “Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and an M.I.T. professor who worked with Weizenbaum, coined the term the “Eliza Effect” to describe people convincing themselves that a technology that seemed human was more intelligent, perceptive and complex than it actually was.”

2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Back-formation of earlier sherris (interpreted as a plural), from Spanish (vino de) Xeres (“wine of Xeres”), Xeres being the former spelling of Jerez (pronounced /ʃeˈɾes/ in early modern Andalusian Spanish).

1. A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

   “He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.”

2. A variety of sherry.

   “They produce several quality sherries.”

3. A glass of sherry.

   “Would you like a sherry?”