borachio

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von borachio im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A drunkard

LADY WISHFORT. Offence! as I'm a person, I'm ashamed of you—foh! how you stink of wine! D'ye think my niece will ever endure such a borachio! you're an absolute borachio.

A bottle for wine made of pigskin

Meer. Yes, / But by my way of dressing, you must know, sir, / And med'cining the leather to a height / Of improved ware, like your borachio / Of Spain, sir, I can fetch nine thousand for't.

{n} a drunkard, a leathern bottle

Etymologie

() From Spanish borracho (“drunkard, wine bottle”) > Latin burrus (“red, flushed”) > Ancient Greek πυρρός (pyrrhos, “tawny, red”)