• Balsamic

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ËŒbɔːlˈsæmɪk/
    • Rhymes: -æmɪk

    Origin

    From balsam + -ic.

    Full definition of balsamic

    Adjective

    balsamic

    1. Producing balsam.
    2. Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
    3. Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
      • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 14:he stood in the road, fragrant with the odor of the azaleas in the undergrowth and the balsamic breath of the low-hanging firs, which were all fibrously a-glitter wherever the moon touched the dew in the dense midst of their shadows.
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