claret

see definition of claret

as incherry
as inred
as inblood
as inred wine

Synonyms for claret

adj bright red color

red

noun. color of blood; shade resembling such a color

redder

noun. color of blood; shade resembling such a color

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., "light-colored wine," from Old French (vin) claret "clear (wine), light-colored red wine" (also "sweetened wine," a sense in English from late 14c.), from Latin clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Narrowed English meaning "red wine of Bordeaux" (excluding burgundy) first attested 1700. Used in pugilistic slang for "blood" from c.1600.

Example Sentences for claret

Why, at that fellow's house he gives you that claret wine as warm as soup.

She picked at her food delicately, and Payne suggested some claret.

Dissolve half a pound of loaf-sugar in half a pint of claret.

Claret for youth, say I, sack for maturity, and strong waters in old age.

Restrict yourself to a pint of claret, and that of the lightest, for the future.

I know what I'd like—a glass of claret, and I don't see why I shouldn't have it, either.

And if they're thirsty, isn't there claret punch in a milk can?

No claret ever tastes so good as the decanter he circulates himself.

Git up in that 'ock bin, and mind your feet among the claret.

He saw her, and, still flushed with claret, he misunderstood her presence and her purpose.

claret

Synonyms for claret

More words related to claret

blood

cherry

red

red wine

redder