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noun
- an unaged, colorless, distilled spirit, originally made in Russia.
noun
- an alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes, etc, usually consisting only of rectified spirit and water
1802, from Russian vodka, literally “little water,” from voda “water” (from PIE *wedor, *wodor; see water (n.1)) + diminutive suffix -ka.