spiritus frumenti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spiritus frumenti
From New Latin spīritus frūmentī literally, “the spirit (or life) of grain”
Example Sentences
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Since making that bad break at Owl Creek I had avoided whisky as if it were a rattlesnake, but somehow, while here in the hospital, I began to feel an intense craving for some "spiritus frumenti," as the surgeons called it.
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