eau de vie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eau de vie
Literally, water of life; cf. aqua vitae
Example Sentences
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“They would use real apple juice or clarified apple juice or they would use an eau de vie from Europe.”
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
If any of you uncover some ancient recipe for pickles and eau de vie, something that balances the humors, perhaps, let me know.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Taking the play in is like sipping a rarefied eau de vie, the kind that scalds as it cools.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
That's what it is, a portable dentist's office—chair, wall-buzzer and all, with meat-axes, bung-starters, pinwheels, spittoons, gobs of cotton batting, tear gas, laughing gas, chloroform, ether, eau de vie, gold, platinum and cement to match.
From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
"I'm going to join the temperance society, and never drink any more wine—not another drop of eau de vie for me."
From Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim by Optic, Oliver
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