aqua pura
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aqua pura
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Medical attendance was called, and I passed the night in a bath of attar of roses delicately medicated with aqua pura.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
They found the messenger serene in the belief that the "Sunset Express" was taking on nothing more stimulating and dangerous than aqua pura.
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
But the show was a frost, though Lillah gave an excellent imitation, with the aid of a toy spider, of a Hun inserting bacilli into the nation's aqua pura.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
With pleasure, captain," said the Pythagorean, "only I wish you would adopt my principles—a vegetable diet and aqua pura.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
I suppose I consumed some nine gallons of aqua pura during the morning: you can do this with impunity, because there is no ice in it, and the bacteria are of the most wholesome kind.
From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer
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