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aquafortis

aquafortis is the alternative form of aqua fortis.

Meaning of aqua fortis

Noun

aqua fortis (uncountable)

  1. A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other metals except gold.
    Synonyms:
    A.F., strong water
  2. (dated, dialectal) Any strong and potentially dangerous alcoholic drink.
    • this man’s whiskey ain’t Red Eye, it ain’t Chain Lightnin’ either, it’s regular Agur-forty, and there isn’t a man living can stand a glass and keep his senses.1867 December 25, “Police Reports”, in New Orleans Picayune
    Synonyms:
    A.F., strong water
  3. (archaic) Synonym of nitric acid.
    Synonyms:
    nitric acid

Questions about aquafortis

What is aquafortis the alternative form of?
Aquafortis is the alternative form of aqua fortis.

Words near aquafortis in the dictionary

  1. aquafers
  2. aquafit
  3. aquafitness
  4. aquaflora
  5. Aquaforte
  6. aquafortis
  7. aquafortist
  8. aquafortists
  9. aquagenic
  10. aquaglyceroporin
  11. aquaglyceroporins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aquafortis (page history and authors); aqua fortis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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