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Definition of Ratafia
1. Noun. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
2. Noun. Macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur.
Definition of Ratafia
1. n. A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, curaçao, etc.
Definition of Ratafia
1. Noun. A liqueur or cordial flavored with peach or cherry kernels, bitter almonds, or other fruits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratafia
1. an almond-flavored liqueur [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ratafia
1. A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, curacao, etc. Alternative forms: ratifia and ratafee. Origin: F, fr. Malay arak arrack + tafia a spirit distilled from molasses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratafia
Literary usage of Ratafia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"Cocoa ratafia. Seven pounds of roasted cocoa are digested for 14 days in 1 gallon
of alcohol 35 per cent, strong. Sweeten the mixture with 182 pounds of ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"ratafia Cream. Boil three or four laurel, peach, or nectarine leaves, ... Mix half
a quarter of a pint of ratafia, the same quantity of mountain wine, ..."
3. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley (1892)
"ratafia de Genièvre. From juniper berries (each pricked with a fork), 4 Ib.; ...
ratafia de Grenoble. From the small wild black cherry (with the kernels ..."
4. The Dessert Book: A Complete Manual from the Best American and Foreign (1872)
"BLACK-CURRANT ratafia. — ABSINTHE OR WORMWOOD ratafia.—ORANGE-FLOWER ratafia.—RASPBERRY
ratafia.—ratafia OF RED FRUITS.— JUNIPER-BERRY ratafia. ..."
5. The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-cook, and Baker: Plain and Practical by Eleanor Parkinson (1844)
"ratafia of Cherries.—Morello cherries eight pounds, black cherries eight pounds,
... Currants and strawberries are made the same. ratafia des ..."
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