alcoholicityn.
/ˌalkəhɒˈlɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌælkəhɔˈlɪsᵻdi/, /ˌælkəhɑˈlɪsᵻdi/ Alcoholic quality; esp. the alcoholic strength of wine.
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1869 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 24 Dec. 113/2 The producers must plant and produce better vines; they must treat their must so as to depress acidity, and raise alcoholicity.
1884–7 Stud. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins Univ. 3 488 The question suggests itself as to whether or not there is in all alcohols some chemical property, which we may term ‘alcoholicity’, just as with acids we usually have acidity, and with bases alkalinity.
1902 Ann. Rep. Pennsylvania State Coll. 1901–1902 132 The results seem to indicate an increase in the volatile esters up to the point of greatest alcoholicity.
1965 M. A. Amerine & V. L. Singleton Wine (1968) xiii. 210 The wines of this region have considerable robustness and alcoholicity.
2002 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 92 859/2 Clairette is well suited to dry stony soils, and its high sugar content contributes to the wine's alcoholicity.
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