Home › Words › M › mescalmescal/mɛˈskæl/mescal means A surname from Irish.mescal is pronounced /mɛˈskæl/.EtymologyReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).nameA surname from Irish.A female given name.A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.nounA Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.e.g.“He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal.” — 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 77:The peyote cactus.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mesc 74% match — The drug mescaline. vs mescal →mescalism 70% match — The consumption of the mescal bean for its psychedelic effects. vs mescal →mescaline 69% match — A hallucinogenic and intoxicating compound present in the peyote cactus (Lophophora williamsii), the San Pedro cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), and the Peruvian torch (Echinopsis peruviana). vs mescal →tequila 64% match — An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. vs mescal →mezcalero 63% match — A person who distills mezcal. vs mescal →bacanora 63% match — A Mexican alcoholic beverage distilled from agave plants, made in the state of Sonora. vs mescal →maguey 60% match — Any of various large agaves of Mexico and the southern US, especially the American aloe, Agave americana. vs mescal →colonche 57% match — An ancient Mexican alcoholic drink made from nopal. vs mescal →