TODDY
What does "TODDY" mean?
A hot drink of spirits mixed with water, sugar, and spices, often taken to soothe a cold.
Meanings
- A warm drink of liquor, hot water, sugar, lemon, and spices, often used as a cold remedy. She made a whisky toddy with honey and lemon for his sore throat.
- The fermented or fresh sap of certain palm trees, drunk fresh or as an alcoholic beverage in South Asia. Palm toddy is tapped at dawn and sold by mid-morning before it ferments fully. technical
Did you know?
- Before 'toddy' meant a hot whisky-and-lemon cure for colds, it meant palm sap: the word came from the Hindi 'tari', the fermented juice tapped from palmyra trees in South Asia.
Word origin
From Hindi/Marathi 'tāṛī', the sap of the palmyra or 'tāṛ' palm; brought into English during the colonial era and later extended to the hot spiced spirit drink.
Remember it
TODDY sounds like a warm hug for a 'toddler with a cold' - the cozy hot drink you sip when sick.
A little poem
Lemon, honey, a spoon of golden fire-
the cold retreats; the kettle's still the choir.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the patient request a toddy? Doctor's orders said 'something warm with spirit'.
What it teaches
Comfort and cure often share a cup; a little warmth can do what a strict remedy cannot.
Quick facts
What does TODDY mean?
A hot drink of spirits mixed with water, sugar, and spices, often taken to soothe a cold.
Is TODDY a valid word?
Yes — TODDY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TODDY?
TODDY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TODDY come from?
From Hindi/Marathi 'tāṛī', the sap of the palmyra or 'tāṛ' palm; brought into English during the colonial era and later extended to the hot spiced spirit drink.
What can TODDY teach us?
Comfort and cure often share a cup; a little warmth can do what a strict remedy cannot.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.