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negus

ne·gus

UK/ˈniːɡəs/ US/ˈniɡʌs/ uncommon

noun

1.

wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg

Origin

Fitst use appears c. the 1590s, borrowed from Amharic ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), itself a loan from Ge'ez ንጉሥ (nəguś, “king, ruler”), from the verb ነግሠ (nägśä, “rule”).

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