aqua pura

[ pyoor-uh ]

noun

1. pure water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aqua pura¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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

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

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