Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Apollinaris water, under water.

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Examples

  • For soda or seltzer water we have invariably substituted Apollinaris, which is far better adapted for effervescent drinks of this description by reason of its purity and softness, its freedom from any distinct flavour, and above all its powerful natural effervescence.

    Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857

  • I didn't get to sleep until almost four a.m. Location: Apollinaris Sulci

    Creepy Doll greygirlbeast 2009

  • He poured us two shots of liquid courage out of an Apollinaris water bottle.

    FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010

  • And, in terms of that representation, she says, Apollinaris 'is what he is through his relationship with Christ'.

    Royal Academy of Arts Byzantium Lecture 'Icons and the Practice of Prayer' 2009

  • This is standard fare here in Europe Perrier, San Pellegrino, Apollinaris to name only the most prominent from France, Italy and Germany.

    Photo food diary Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008 | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • In the early 1880s, Col. Rickey was in the habit of taking his "mornin's mornin '" at Shoo's, where he would always have the same thing: Two ounces of the bar's finest Kentucky whiskey in a goblet with a cube of ice, and topped with fizzy Apollinaris water.

    A Lobbyist of Special Interest 2008

  • Our favorite readily available bottled water is Apollinaris, which has a pretty good magnesium level.

    Magnesium and inflammation | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2005

  • Spanish mineral waters, as well as the Apollinaris, the St. Galmier, and the Perrier of other civilizations, to be had for the asking, at rather greater cost than the good native wines, often included in the inclusive rate.

    Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

  • Two saints called Sidonius are venerated in the Catholic Church: Sidonius Apollinaris, a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, and a 7th-century Irish monk who was the first abbot of the monastery of Saint-Saëns which is named with a much altered form of his name.

    languagehat.com: SYNDONIA. 2004

  • Farrington, who had definite notions of what was what, asked the boys would they have an Apollinaris too; but the boys told Tim to make theirs hot.

    Dubliners 2003

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