dephlegmedness
English
Etymology
dephlegmed + -ness
Noun
dephlegmedness (uncountable)
- (obsolete, nonce word) A state of being freed from water.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The History of Firmness
- the spirit of wine depends fo much upon the strength of the former liquor , and the dephlegmedness of the latter
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The History of Firmness
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dephlegmedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)