Camphory
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
""Here are cigars—some of your old ones. I found them in a trunk of mine, inside a camel's-hair shawl. You said they would keep the moths out. Don't you remember?" Kate was very voluble just here. ¶ "They must be camphory.""
Example
More examples""Here are cigars—some of your old ones. I found them in a trunk of mine, inside a camel's-hair shawl. You said they would keep the moths out. Don't you remember?" Kate was very voluble just here. ¶ "They must be camphory.""
Etymology
From camphor + -y.
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