Spir"it*u*ous (?), a.
[Cf. (for sense 2) F. spiritueux. Cf. Spiritous.]
1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
2. Containing, or of the nature
of, alcoholic (esp.
distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
3. Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
The
mind of man
is of that
spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work.
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