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Synonyms for alcohol

Grammar : Noun
Spell : al-kuh-hawl, -hol
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæl kəˌhɔl, -ˌhɒl

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Définition of alcohol

Origin :
  • 1540s (early 15c. as alcofol), "fine powder produced by sublimation," from Medieval Latin alcohol "powdered ore of antimony," from Arabic al-kuhul "kohl," the fine metallic powder used to darken the eyelids, from kahala "to stain, paint." The al- is the Arabic definite article, "the."
  • "Powdered cosmetic" was the earliest sense in English; definition broadened 1670s to "any sublimated substance, the pure spirit of anything," including liquids. Modern sense of "intoxicating ingredient in strong liquor" is first recorded 1753, short for alcohol of wine, which was extended to "the intoxicating element in fermented liquors." In organic chemistry, the word was extended 1850 to the class of compounds of the same type as this.
  • noun intoxicating, flammable liquid
Example sentences :
  • A moment after, the odor of alcohol scented the little cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • They had penetrated the mists of alcohol, and stirred a belated contrition.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • I am afflicted by none of the desultoriness superinduced by alcohol.
  • Extract from : « The Old Game » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • Alcohol especially facilitates the degeneration of sexual life.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The action of alcohol on the feminine sexual appetite is very peculiar.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • This often acts even in cases where alcohol has aroused a hereditary taint.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Indecent exposure, etc., is due to alcohol in 75 or 80 per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Pious pastors then gave their support to slavery, as they often do now to alcohol.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The fishermen, working off the alcohol of the night before, slept till noon.
  • Extract from : « The Fte At Coqueville » by Emile Zola
  • Albert sniffed suspiciously, but no odor of alcohol rewarded the sniff.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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