spirituous

  • 11spirituous — Synonyms and related words: air built, airy, alcoholic, ardent, chimerical, cloud built, dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, gaseous, gossamery, hard, illusory, imaginary, phantomlike, rarefied, shadowy, strong, subtile, subtle,… …

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  • 12spirituous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Containing alcohol: alcoholic, hard, intoxica tive, strong. See INGESTION …

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  • 13spirituous — spir·it·u·ous || spɪrɪtʃʊəs adj. alcoholic, of or containing alcohol …

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  • 14spirituous — [ spɪrɪtjʊəs] adjective formal or archaic containing much alcohol. Origin C16 (in the sense lively ): from L. spiritus spirit + ous, or from Fr. spiritueux …

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  • 15spirituous — a. 1. Alcoholic, ardent, spiritous. 2. Ethereal, immaterial, intangible. 3. Pure, active, living …

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  • 16spirituous — adjective (only before noun) [c][p]technical[/p] containing alcohol …

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  • 17spirituous — spir·i·tu·ous …

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  • 18spirituous — spir•it•u•ous [[t]ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əs[/t]] adj. 1) containing or of the nature of alcohol; alcoholic 2) vin (of alcoholic beverages) distilled, rather than fermented • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L spīritu , s. of spīritus spirit+ ous …

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  • 19spirituous — /ˈspɪrətʃuəs / (say spiruhchoohuhs) adjective 1. containing, of the nature of, or relating to alcohol; alcoholic. 2. (of liquors) distilled, as opposed to fermented. –spirituousness, noun …

  • 20spirituous liquor — A liquor composed, in whole or in part, of alcohol extracted by a process of distillation. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 12 …

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