spirituous

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English

Adjective

spirituous (comparative more spirituous, superlative most spirituous)

  1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol
  2. (of an alcoholic drink) Distilled
    • 1928, Edward A. Ross, World Drift, New York, London: The Century Co., page 22:
      while the per capita consumption of spirituous liquors remained constant, that of malt liquors rose

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