absintheEnglishOxford New American Dictionaryabsinthe /ˈabˌsinTH, ˈæbˌsɪnθ / (also absinth) ▸ noun 1 a potent green aniseed-flavored alcoholic spirit, made with the shrub wormwood. 2 another term for wormwood (SENSE 1). – ORIGIN late Middle English : from French absinthe, via Latin from Greek apsinthion ‘wormwood’.