Bitter medicines generally, as cinchona, quinine, etc.

Specifically, a liquor (generally a spirituous liquor) in which bitter herbs or roots are steeped. Bitters are employed as stomachics, anthelminthics, and in various other ways.

noun plural. A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.

noun. A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped, (can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).

noun. alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots

"We are human beings, and as such a handshake or a hug or the experience of sharing a bag of BBQ-chicken-flavoured potato crisps over a tankard of bitters is simply not fungible with anything else on this planet."

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