[f. SPIRITUOUS a.]
1. = SPIRITUOSITY 1.
1660. Boyle, New Exp. Phys.-Mech., xxiv. 193. The great thinness and spirituousness of the Liquor.
1670. H. Stubbe, Plus Ultra, 106. He plants a kind of … fire in the heart, which … imprints a spirituousness in the blood that issueth out into the Arteries.
1725. Fam. Dict., s.v. Wine, These [i.e., strong wines] by their Spirituousness, wonderfully conduce to the Digestion of the gross Food of our Country.
2. = SPIRITUOSITY 2.
1727. Bailey (vol. II.), Spirituousness, Fulness of Spirits, Liveliness.
1740. Phil. Trans., XLI. 301. How can one believe, that … a litle more Activity, a little more Spirituousness, should compose … any Organization?
