n.
an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops.
Phrase
- beer and skittles
Brit. amusement or enjoyment.
Derivative
- beerily adv.
- beeriness n.
- beery adj.
Etymology
OE bēor, of W. Gmc origin, based on monastic L. biber ‘a drink’, from L. bibere ‘to drink’.
