Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
spirituous — spiritual, spirituous The two words now have distinct meanings, spiritual being the general word relating to the spirit or soul, and spirituous referring to distilled alcoholic drinks. In older writing up to the end of the 19c spirituous is… … Modern English usage
spiritual — spiritual, spirituous The two words now have distinct meanings, spiritual being the general word relating to the spirit or soul, and spirituous referring to distilled alcoholic drinks. In older writing up to the end of the 19c spirituous is… … Modern English usage
spirituous — See spiritual, spirituous … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
spiritual — See spiritual, spirituous … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Spirituous — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Containing, or of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
airy — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, Olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, altitudinous, animated, apparent, apparitional, ascending, asinine,… … Moby Thesaurus
ethereal — Synonyms and related words: Elysian, Olympian, adulterated, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, altitudinous, ascending, asomatous, aspiring, astral, atmospheric, attenuate, attenuated,… … Moby Thesaurus
phantomlike — Synonyms and related words: air built, airy, astral, chimerical, cloud built, dreamlike, ectoplasmic, ethereal, etheric, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, gaseous, ghostish, ghostlike, ghostly, ghosty, gossamery, illusory, imaginary, incorporeal,… … Moby Thesaurus
shadowy — Synonyms and related words: air built, airy, aleatoric, aleatory, amorphous, asomatous, astral, blear, bleared, bleary, blind, blobby, blurred, blurry, bodiless, bosky, bowery, broad, cadaverous, chance, chancy, chaotic, chimerical, clear as mud … Moby Thesaurus
List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament, 1801-1819 — This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the years 1801 1819. For acts passed prior to 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament and List of Acts of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament.… … Wikipedia
