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diluted, ppl. a.|dɪ-, daɪˈl(j)uːtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
Weakened by the addition of water or other attenuating admixture, watered down; reduced in strength, colour, or characteristic quality.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Diluted, rinsed or washed. 1783Mason Art of Painting 672 (R.) The social circle, the diluted bowl. 1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 193 Pour diluted nitric acid over sugar. 1837Babbage Bridgew. Treat. vii. 90 A denser central nucleus surrounded by a more diluted light. 1847Emerson Poems, Bacchus Wks. (Bohn) I. 469 We buy diluted wine.
fig.1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. x, Almost like diluted madness. 1837Emerson Addr., Amer. Schol. Wks. (Bohn) II. 180 The rough, spontaneous conversation of men they [clergymen] do not hear, but only a mincing and diluted speech. 1865Lecky Ration. (1878) I. 259 A diluted and rationalistic Catholicism. |