Definitions for pastis

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pastis pas·tis

Spelling: [pa-stees; French pas-tees]

IPA: /pæˈstis; French pasˈtis/

Pastis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in pastis (aipsst).

Definitions for pastis

noun

1. a yellowish, anise-based liqueur originally made in Marseilles and similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.

Origin of pastis

1925-30; French Provençal; Old Provençal pastitz pastry, pâté Vulgar Latin *pastīcius; see pasticcio, patisserie

Examples for pastis

We are immortal, and do not forget;We are eternal, and to us the pastis as the future, present.

Silvius begat Æneas, from Æneas sprang Latinus, and Latinus was succeeded by pastis.

But the “yellow liquid” was actually a Ricard pastis, the anise-flavored aperitif, which is considerably stronger than wine.