: a dry or sweet aperitif wine flavored with aromatic herbs and often used in mixed drinks
Examples of vermouth in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Look for creative ingredient combinations like the Carretera, a blend of mezcal, pineapple Campari, coffee vermouth, and a splash of saline olive juice.—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 There’s also cocktails from the mixologist Jason Diaz: The Sultan’s Touch combines vodka, za’atar dry vermouth, and Castelvetrano brine, while the Leila Negroni mixes gin with coconut pandan Campari and vermouth.—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025 Mulled Wine Sour Ingredients 15 ml Rye whiskey 15 ml Pedro Ximenez sherry
15 ml Madeira
15 ml sweet vermouth
20 ml orange acid (Mix 1 liter of fresh orange juice with 25 grams citric acid and 15 grams malic acid.—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2024 Since the property changed hands, its sole restaurant, 18 Restaurant & Bar, has become more markedly gourmet with fare like scallops dusted with seaweed crumbs, smoked trout under cucumber and vermouth relish, and venison enlivened by juniper jus and pickled berries.—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vermouth
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French vermout, vermouth & Italian vermut, vermutte, both borrowed from German Wermut, short for Wermutwein, from Wermut "wormwood" (going back to Old High German wermuota, werimuota) + Weinwine entry 1 — more at wormwood
Share