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spirituous

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Adjective

HYPHEN

spir=it=u=ous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective spirituous has 1 sense

spirituous(s = adj.all) spiritous - containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous beverages"; "spirituous liquors"

Derived form noun spirits₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spirituous, a. [Cf. (for sense 2) F. spiritueux. Cf. Spiritous.].

Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. [1913 Webster]
Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors. [1913 Webster]
Lively; gay; vivid; airy. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
"The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

spirituous, adj.
1 containing much alcohol.
2 distilled, as whisky, rum, etc. (spirituous liquor).

Derivative

spirituousness n.

Etymology

L spiritus spirit, or F spiritueux

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THESAURUS

spirituous

air-built, airy, alcoholic, ardent, chimerical, cloud-built, dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, gaseous, gossamery, hard, illusory, imaginary, phantomlike, rarefied, shadowy, strong, subtile, subtle, tenuous, unreal, vaporous, vinous, windy, winy, with a kick

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