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Definition of Kumis
1. Noun. An alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia.
Generic synonyms: Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverage, Alcoholic Drink, Inebriant, Intoxicant
Definition of Kumis
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of koumiss) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kumis
Literary usage of Kumis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"The one is called " kumis," and is sour milk which has undergone a certain degree
of vinous ... Good "kumis " cannot be obtained from every kind of milk. ..."
2. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"... since the timo of Moses; but is now superseded in this country by cochineal,
which gives colours of much greater brilliancy. The kefyr-kumis, called ..."
3. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"Even in the private huts of the Mongols there was a buffet of a humbler kind
exhibiting a skin of kumis, with other kinds of drink, and cups standing ready; ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In summer the day is spent mostly in sleep or drinking kumis, followed tt night by
... The universal drink is kumis, which is wholesome, nourishing, ..."
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