aqua pura
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aqua pura
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35
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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
In Europe, for instance, light wines cannot be produced without 'liquor,' as the trade calls aqua pura, by latitudes lower than Germany and Southern France.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
This vegetable always flourishes in a moist soil, though it generally has a holy horror of aqua pura.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various
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 Sir Owen Seaman
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 O. Henry
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