aqua fortisn.

/ˌeɪkwəˈfɔːtɪs/

Etymology: Latin; = strong water.

1. The early scientific, and still the popular, name of the Nitric Acid of commerce (dilute HNO₃), a powerful solvent and corrosive.

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strong water?a1425

water?c1425

aqua fortis1601

spirit of nitre1626

parting water1662

spirits of saltpetre1685

nitric acid1790

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Dj For inke strong aqua~fortis.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §789 Dissolve the Iron in the Aqua-Fortis.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iv. 83 Lord Lovat..etched in aquafortis by William Hogarth.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) vi. 86 Nitric acid, the substance known commonly as aquafortis.

†2. Also used of other powerful solvents. Obsolete.

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aqua fortis1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 396 Wash all his taile with Aqua fortis, or strong water made in this sort: take of greene Coporas, of Alum, of each one pounde, of white coporas, a quarterne.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 202 Aquafortis did not always mean nitric acid.

3. figurative.

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1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D^v Mony is that Aqua fortis, that eates into many a maidenhead.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 55 The blotts and blurrs of our Sins must be taken out by the Aqua-fortis of our Tears.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 256 The sceptical aqua~fortis of his age is as strong in Aristophanes as in Euripides.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	aqua fortis
释义	aqua fortisn. /ˌeɪkwəˈfɔːtɪs/ Etymology: Latin; = strong water. 1. The early scientific, and still the popular, name of the Nitric Acid of commerce (dilute HNO₃), a powerful solvent and corrosive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing nitrogen > nitric acid strong water?a1425 water?c1425 aqua fortis1601 spirit of nitre1626 parting water1662 spirits of saltpetre1685 nitric acid1790 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Dj For inke strong aqua~fortis. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §789 Dissolve the Iron in the Aqua-Fortis. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iv. 83 Lord Lovat..etched in aquafortis by William Hogarth. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) vi. 86 Nitric acid, the substance known commonly as aquafortis. †2. Also used of other powerful solvents. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solvents and solutes > [noun] > used of various powerful solvents aqua fortis1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 396 Wash all his taile with Aqua fortis, or strong water made in this sort: take of greene Coporas, of Alum, of each one pounde, of white coporas, a quarterne. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 202 Aquafortis did not always mean nitric acid. 3. figurative. ΚΠ 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. D^v Mony is that Aqua fortis, that eates into many a maidenhead. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 55 The blotts and blurrs of our Sins must be taken out by the Aqua-fortis of our Tears. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 256 The sceptical aqua~fortis of his age is as strong in Aristophanes as in Euripides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1601
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