Category:Spirituous

Spir"it*u*ous, a. Etym: [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. South.