spirituous

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol.
  2. Distilled.
    — Though Cripps's description of these proceedings was mere disjointed passion, Limpet gathered that the meeting required the Reverend Bowles to explain severally his peculiar appearance, his spiritual convictions, his recent behaviour, and the strong smell of spirituous liquors that had attended his arrival at Murumberee.
  3. Synonym of spiritual.

词形变化

more spirituous comparative most spirituous superlative

词汇关系

词源

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-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Medieval Latin spīrituōsusder.
English spirituous
Derived from Medieval Latin spīrituōsus.
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