aqua vitaen.

/ˌeɪkwə ˈvʌɪtiː/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s aqua-vite, 1600s–1700s aqua-vita.

Etymology: Latin; = water of life; compare French eau de vie, Irish uisge bheatha, ‘usquebaugh.’

1. A term of the alchemists applied to ardent spirits or unrectified alcohol; sometimes applied, in commerce, to ardent spirits of the first distillation.

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the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > aqua-vitae

aqua vitae1471

firmamental water1559

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in Ashm. 1652, 115 With Aquavite ofttimes, both wash and drie.

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxii. 130 From the lyes of wine is distilled a strong & burning aqua vitæ.

1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 95 A Lamplike Vessel of common Aquavitæ.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 116 He cleansed them with aqua-vitae alone.

2. Any form in which ardent spirits have been drunk, as brandy, whisky, etc.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun]

water of life?c1450

burning watera1475

watera1475

aqua vitae1542

spirit1559

strong water1615

hot waters1616

spirituous liquor1659

spirit1663

fire1707

tape1725

strunt1786

hard stuff1789

firewater1799

fool's water1815

fool water1837

spirituous liquor1842

timber-doodle1842

lightning1858

1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. F.iii^v To speake of..aqua vite, or of Ipocras.

1552 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 74 A woman..that made aqwavyte.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 211 Restor'd the fainting High and Mighty With Brandy-Wine and Aqua-vitae.

1786 R. Burns Poems 30 That curst restriction On Aquavitæ.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. v. 106 A tass of brandy or aquavitæ.

3. figurative; or in the literal Latin meaning.

ΚΠ

c1600 J. Davies in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 254 Couer this Aqua vitæ with your wings From touch of infidels and Jewes.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

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1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 33 Wee were entertayned..wyth a crue of aqua-vitæ-bellyed fellowes.

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 145 Sacks and Canaries..us'd to be drunk in Aquavita measures.

1749 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 143 Was glad to hear the aqua vitæ man crying a dram.

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

单词	aqua vitae
释义	aqua vitaen. /ˌeɪkwə ˈvʌɪtiː/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s aqua-vite, 1600s–1700s aqua-vita. Etymology: Latin; = water of life; compare French eau de vie, Irish uisge bheatha, ‘usquebaugh.’ 1. A term of the alchemists applied to ardent spirits or unrectified alcohol; sometimes applied, in commerce, to ardent spirits of the first distillation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > aqua-vitae aqua vitae1471 firmamental water1559 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in Ashm. 1652, 115 With Aquavite ofttimes, both wash and drie. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxii. 130 From the lyes of wine is distilled a strong & burning aqua vitæ. 1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 95 A Lamplike Vessel of common Aquavitæ. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 116 He cleansed them with aqua-vitae alone. 2. Any form in which ardent spirits have been drunk, as brandy, whisky, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [noun] water of life?c1450 burning watera1475 watera1475 aqua vitae1542 spirit1559 strong water1615 hot waters1616 spirituous liquor1659 spirit1663 fire1707 tape1725 strunt1786 hard stuff1789 firewater1799 fool's water1815 fool water1837 spirituous liquor1842 timber-doodle1842 lightning1858 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth x. sig. F.iii^v To speake of..aqua vite, or of Ipocras. 1552 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 74 A woman..that made aqwavyte. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 211 Restor'd the fainting High and Mighty With Brandy-Wine and Aqua-vitae. 1786 R. Burns Poems 30 That curst restriction On Aquavitæ. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. v. 106 A tass of brandy or aquavitæ. 3. figurative; or in the literal Latin meaning. ΚΠ c1600 J. Davies in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 254 Couer this Aqua vitæ with your wings From touch of infidels and Jewes. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 33 Wee were entertayned..wyth a crue of aqua-vitæ-bellyed fellowes. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 145 Sacks and Canaries..us'd to be drunk in Aquavita measures. 1749 H. Walpole Corr. (1837) I. 143 Was glad to hear the aqua vitæ man crying a dram. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1471
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