balsamic
English
editEtymology
editFrom balsam + -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbalsamic (not comparable)
- Producing balsam.
- Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
- 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World[1], London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory:
- […] the Souls of men also shall then catch life from the more pure and Balsamick parts of the Earth, and be cloathed again in terrestriall bodies […]
- Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 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.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
Translations
editsoothing, restorative
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having the pleasant odour of balsam
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Noun
editbalsamic (countable and uncountable, plural balsamics)
- Balsamic vinegar.
- 2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star[2]:
- Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French balsamique.
Adjective
editbalsamic m or n (feminine singular balsamică, masculine plural balsamici, feminine and neuter plural balsamice)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | balsamic | balsamică | balsamici | balsamice | |||
definite | balsamicul | balsamica | balsamicii | balsamicele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | balsamic | balsamice | balsamici | balsamice | |||
definite | balsamicului | balsamicei | balsamicilor | balsamicelor |
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