aqua pura
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aqua pura
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35
Example Sentences
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"You see I'm not afraid to risk a dip in the aqua pura," he said.
From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Hope, Laura Lee
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
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.
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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Up went the spectral fan again, and out came the forty-two shillings, and, with a formal courtesy, the venerable old maid walked away with the two bottles of aqua pura in her pocket.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
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