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This is an intoxicating combo of Italian amaretto and almond.—Bea McMonagle, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025 Not to miss are its gourmand options, including the white chocolate and sea salt margarita, the cherry amaretto sour and the gingerbread old fashioned.
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Pl.—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 Twists On Tradition Throughout the bushwacker’s history, different places have put their own spin on the ingredient list, but the drink usually contains some combo of rum, coffee liqueur, crème de cacao, amaretto and coconut cream, thickened with milk, half-and-half or ice cream.—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2025 Morgenthaler’s version—amaretto and lemon, punched up with a pour of high-proof bourbon, and smoothed out with an egg white—utterly transforms the drink.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for amaretto
Word History
Etymology
Italian, diminutive of amaro bitter, from Latin amarus
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