spirits
Meaning
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third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit
Synonyms
hard drink
distilled spirits
alcoholic beverage
evil place
spirituous liquor
rippling surface of water
strong liquor
bush creatures
alcoholic beverages
alcoholic drink
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈspɪɹɪts/
New
spirit
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- The soul of a person or other creature.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Enthusiasm.
- The manner or style of something.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Energy; ardour.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
- (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- (obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- Stannic chloride.
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