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aqua pura

[ pyoor-uh ]

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noun

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35

This vegetable always flourishes in a moist soil, though it generally has a holy horror of aqua pura.

Medical attendance was called, and I passed the night in a bath of attar of roses delicately medicated with aqua pura.

But, thank you, we have plenty of good 'aqua pura' here without bringing in canned pears and such things.

Down it went, pushing a column of compressed aqua pura ahead of it and sucking a big black hole along in its wake.

"You see I'm not afraid to risk a dip in the aqua pura," he said.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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