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spirituous

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Adjective
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spir=it=u=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

spirituousa. [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]

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

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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