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ˈspirituousness
[f. spirituous a.]
1. = spirituosity 1.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xxiv. 193 The great thinness and spirituousness of the Liquor. 1670H. Stubbe Plus Ultra 106 He plants a kind of..fire in the heart, which..imprints a spirituousness in the blood that issueth out into the Arteries. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Wine, These [i.e. strong wines] by their Spirituousness, wonderfully conduce to the Digestion of the gross Food of our Country.
2. = spirituosity 2.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Spirituousness, Fulness of Spirits, Liveliness. 1740Phil. Trans. XLI. 301 How can one believe, that..a little more Activity, a little more Spirituousness, should compose..any Organization? |