Contrexévillen.
/kɒnˌtrɛksᵻˈviːl//kɒnˈtrɛksᵻviːl/ Used (often attributively) to designate the calcareous mineral water found at Contrexéville and drunk for its medicinal properties.
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acidulae1670
Malvern water1756
Saratoga water1793
barége1811
Vichy1858
Congress water1865
Apollinaris1875
Contrexéville1877
Polly1878
Poland1881
St. Galmier1883
Vittel1895
Perrier1904
Evian1907
San Pellegrino1924
1877 O. Tamin-Despalles Min. Waters of Contrexéville 13 There are separated the fluoro-bicarbonate and sulphate of calcium waters, of which Contrexéville is the type.
1891 Debout-d'Estrées Contrexéville 12 It is in gouty diabetes..that Contrexéville is to be prescribed.
1891 Debout-d'Estrées Contrexéville 13 The Contrexéville waters are clearly indicated.
1909 G. B. Shaw in Nation 28 Aug. 787/2 The strict regimen of Contrexeville water and saccharine in which his Bacchic priesthood will presently end.
1915 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures (1917) 425 Her eleven-o'clock glass of Contrexeville.
1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. viii. 588 I began to drink Contrexéville water.
1967 H. Johnson in C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 141 Contrexéville. Still water with a slight earthy taste.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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