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spirituous

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Latin -ōsus Medieval Latin spīrituōsusder. English spirituous Derived from Medieval Latin spīrituōsus.

  1. derived from spirituous Derived from Medieval Latin spīrituōsus
  2. derived from -ōsus Medieval Latin spīrituōsusder
  3. derived from spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol.

  2. Distilled.

    • while the per capita consumption of spirituous liquors remained constant, that of malt liquors rose

  3. Synonym of spiritual.

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Derived

nonspirituous, spirituously, spirituousness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spirituous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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