Balsamy

//ˈbɑlsəmiː// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like balsam, as of balsam.

    "Autumn was in the land, and the trees were golden and crimson, And from the luminous boughs of the over-elms and the maples Tender and beautiful fell the light in the worshippers' faces, Softer than lights that stream through the saints on the windows of churches, While the balsamy breath of the hemlocks and pines by the river Stole on the winds through the woodland aisles like the breath of a censer."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or containing balsam wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
balsamicbalsamic

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"Autumn was in the land, and the trees were golden and crimson, And from the luminous boughs of the over-elms and the maples Tender and beautiful fell the light in the worshippers' faces, Softer than lights that stream through the saints on the windows of churches, While the balsamy breath of the hemlocks and pines by the river Stole on the winds through the woodland aisles like the breath of a censer."

Etymology

From balsam + -y. Doublet of balsamic and balmy.

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