aqua

¹

[ ak-wuh, ah-kwuh ]

noun

, plural aq·uae [ak, -wee, ah, -kwee], aq·uas.

1. Chiefly Pharmacology.
   1. water.
   2. a liquid.
   3. a solution, especially in water.
2. a light greenish-blue color.

adjective

1. having the color aqua.

aqua-

²

1. variant of aqui-.

aqua

/ ˈækwə /

noun

1. water: used in compound names of certain liquid substances (as in aqua regia ) or solutions of substances in water (as in aqua ammoniae ), esp in the names of pharmacological solutions

adjective

1. See aquamarine
   short for aquamarine

Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: water

Origin of aqua²

Probably originally attributive use of aqua, or generalized from words in which it is etymologically the head noun of a phrase, as aquamarine, aquatint

Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua¹

Latin: water

Example Sentences

In this aqua blanket with its frayed edges I smelled home: warm laundry, bacon frying, coffee and cigarettes.

From The Daily Beast

AQUA Studio NYLocation: New York, NYPrice: $40 You could swim and you could bike, or you could cycle in the water.

From The Daily Beast

The MTA did try something similar on the west side yard of Penn Station: a giant tube full of water known as an aqua dam.

From The Daily Beast

But there, in her aqua-painted bedroom, there was no judgment, only admiration.

From The Daily Beast

The hair is most definitely UP, and gone are the usual greys and whites and in its place a shocking aqua-marine teal.

From The Daily Beast

A tint of aqua-marina of marvellous delicacy spread a soft hue throughout the cavern.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither this acid nor the nitrous will dissolve gold or platina; but a mixture of them, called aqua regia, will do it.

From Project Gutenberg

Platina is precipitated from a solution in aqua regia by sal-ammoniac, as gold is by martial vitriol.

From Project Gutenberg

It is soluble in the vitriolic or marine acids, and reduced to a yellow calx by nitrous acid or aqua regia.

From Project Gutenberg

If a little aqua-fortis be mixed with the water, the writing will dry well, and not run out of its form when the paper is wetted.

From Project Gutenberg

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