Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the qualities of balsam; abounding in balsam; consisting of balsam.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the quality of
balsam ; containing balsam;balsamic .
Etymologies
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balsam + -ous
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Examples
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Now the radical moisture is not the tallow or fat of animals, but an oily and balsamous substance; for the fat and tallow, as also the phlegm or watery parts, are cold; whereas the oily and balsamous parts are of a lively heat and spirit, which accounts for the observation of Aristotle, ‘Quod omne animal post coitum est triste.’
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Now the radical moisture is not the tallow or fat of animals, but an oily and balsamous substance; for the fat and tallow, as also the phlegm or watery parts, are cold; whereas the oily and balsamous parts are of a lively heat and spirit, which accounts for the observation of Aristotle, ‘Quod omne animal post coitum est triste.’
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