Meaning of Hungary water | Babel Free

Definitions

One of various early modern perfumes and elixirs made of rosemary, camomile or later lavender infused in various alcohols.

countable, historical, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“...Your Bottle of Hungry Water to your Lady...”

“Certain unscrupulous men may call upon you here in your dressing-room. They will lavish you with flowers, with compliments, with phials of Hungary water and methuselahs of the costliest champagne. You must be wary of such men, my hearts, they are not to be trusted.”

CEFR level