alcoholicity

[ al-kuh-haw-lis-i-tee, -ho- ]

noun

1. alcoholic quality or strength.

alcoholicity

/ ˌælkəhɒˈlɪsɪtɪ /

noun

1. the strength of an alcoholic liquor

Word History and Origins

Origin of alcoholicity¹

First recorded in 1870–75; alcoholic + -ity

Example Sentences

Its alcoholicity was certainly below all the port wines usually sold.

From Project Gutenberg

Some sherries, however, have been introduced with an alcoholicity of from 12 to 13.6 per cent., with the following, characters: The taste is freely vinous, rich, pure, mellow, and quite free from heat or the taste of added spirit.

From Project Gutenberg