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anti-fogˈmatic U.S.
[f. anti-1 6 + fogmatic, jocular formation on fog n.]
An alcoholic liquor taken to counteract the effects of damp or wet.
1789Massachusetts Spy 12 Nov. 4/2 Rum. Its great utility in preserving the planters from the effects of the damp and unwholsome air of the morning, has given it the medical name of an Antifogmatick. 1824in Horry & Weems Life Marion (1833) ix. 77 Now suppose you take a glass of peach..they say it is good of a rainy morning..a mighty antifogmatic. 1852As good as a Comedy (Philad.) 134 (Th.), Tom Nettles [was] mixing a couple of rosy anti-fogmatics. |