a fortified wine flavored with herbs and spices, often used in cocktails like martinis and Manhattans.
From French 'vermouth,' which comes from German 'Wermut,' meaning 'wormwood.' Wormwood is a bitter herb traditionally used to flavor the drink.
Vermouth literally means 'wormwood wine,' named after the herb that gives it its distinctive bitter taste—but the plant isn't actually a worm's home! It's called wormwood because it was historically used to expel intestinal worms.
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