aqua pura
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aqua pura
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1930–35
Example Sentences
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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
Ad h�c Spumam ex aqua pura non alia ratione videri candescere & albescerere quam quod sit congeries confertissima minutissimarum bullarum, quarum unaqu�que suum radium reflectit, unde continens candor alborve apparet.
From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert
"Quinine, yes; aqua pura," he murmured, looking at another.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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
M. Capiat hanc dosim ter die in aqua pura.
From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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