negus

Plural: neguses

Noun

• A hot drink of wine, water, sugar, and spices.
• wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg
• A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
• A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.

Examples

• His opponent stared at NEGUS, wondering what obscure beverage it could be.