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RATAFIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 915 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RATAFIA  , a liqueur or cordial flavoured with

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peach or
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cherry kernels,
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bitter almonds, or other fruits; many different varieties are made . The same name is given to a flavouring essence resembling bitter almonds, and also to a
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light
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biscuit . The word is adapted from the
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French of the 17th
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century .
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Skeat (Etym .
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Diet., 1910) quotes as a possible origin a
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combination of
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Malay araq, arrack, and tafia,
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rum .

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