Martini

Martini [mahr-tee-nee; Italian mahr-tee-nee] noun

1. Si·mo·ne [see-maw-ne] /siˈmɔ nɛ/, 1283–1344, Italian painter.

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1. trademark an Italian vermouth
2. a cocktail of gin and vermouth

Word Origin for Martini C19 (sense 2): perhaps from the name of the inventor Martini 2 noun

1. Simone (siˈmoːne). ?1284–1344, Sienese painter

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1891, short for Martini cocktail (1886), perhaps from Martini & Rossi, Italian firm that makes vermouth (an ingredient of the drink); the firm was in existence then by that name, but it is not specified among the ingredients in the earliest recipes (e.g. Harry Johnson’s “Bartender’s Manual,” 1888). Another theory holds that it is a corruption of Martinez, California, town where the drink was said to have originated. See discussion in Lowell Edmunds’ book “Martini, Straight Up” (1998).

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