turbinacious

turbinacious
turbinacious /tûr-bi-nāˈshəs/ (Walter Scott)
adjective
(of the smell of whisky) peaty
ORIGIN: An erroneous form from LL turba peat, under the influence of L turbō, -inis a spinning-top, a swirl

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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