What does sorbile mean?
Sorbile means (obsolete) Fit to be drunk or sipped..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Fit to be drunk or sipped..
[…] he rejects, also, Lavoisier's hypothesis, who supposes that metallic substances calcined, contain dephlogisticated air; whereas, according to Mr. Lubbock, they contain only the basis of dephlogisticated air, that is the sorbile principle.
By dint, however, of some puzzling, and cross-examination of the garçon, I discovered that la soupe is school French, and that the proper appellation of sorbile esculents is potage.
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Sorbile means (obsolete) Fit to be drunk or sipped..
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[…] he rejects, also, Lavoisier's hypothesis, who supposes that metallic substances calcined, contain dephlogisticated air; whereas, according to Mr. Lubbock, they contain only the basis of dephlogisticated air, that is the sorbile principle.
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