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Definition of spirituous in English: spirituousadjectiveˈspɪrɪtjʊəsˈspɪrɪtʃuəs archaic, formal Containing much alcohol; distilled. 〈正式或古〉含大量酒精的；蒸馏的 烈性酒。 Example sentencesExamples - The current occupant of the White House, we all know is a tee-totaler, but previous Presidents have been well-known for their spirituous preferences.
- An overflow crowd, clearly inebriated by spirituous drink, literally gathered around the field and scaled nearby trees to watch the game.
- The food was served in the house and the wake participants then adjourned ‘to a very large barn, in which spirituous liquors of every kind, and tobacco in profusion, with pipes, were distributed.’
- To him spirituous liquor is a superfluous and dangerous luxury.
- Insects crawled freely around the cracks in the walls, and across the bottles of spirituous beverages.
Synonyms intoxicating, inebriating, containing alcohol
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense 'spirited, lively'): from Latin spiritus 'spirit' + -ous, or from French spiritueux. Definition of spirituous in US English: spirituousadjectiveˈspiriCHo͞oəsˈspɪrɪtʃuəs formal, archaic Containing much alcohol; distilled. 〈正式或古〉含大量酒精的；蒸馏的 烈性酒。 Example sentencesExamples - The food was served in the house and the wake participants then adjourned ‘to a very large barn, in which spirituous liquors of every kind, and tobacco in profusion, with pipes, were distributed.’
- To him spirituous liquor is a superfluous and dangerous luxury.
- Insects crawled freely around the cracks in the walls, and across the bottles of spirituous beverages.
- The current occupant of the White House, we all know is a tee-totaler, but previous Presidents have been well-known for their spirituous preferences.
- An overflow crowd, clearly inebriated by spirituous drink, literally gathered around the field and scaled nearby trees to watch the game.
Synonyms intoxicating, inebriating, containing alcohol
OriginLate 16th century (in the sense ‘spirited, lively’): from Latin spiritus ‘spirit’ + -ous, or from French spiritueux. |