Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Greek Mythology The rarefied fluid said to run in the veins of the gods.
- noun A watery, acrid discharge from a wound or ulcer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek and Roman mythology, an ethereal fluid believed to supply the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
- noun A thin, watery humor, like serum or whey; a thin, watery, acrid discharge from an ulcer, a wound, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
- noun A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place ofblood in theveins of the gods - noun poetic any bloodlike fluid
- noun a watery,
fetid discharge from a sore - noun
yellow bile
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fluid product of inflammation
- noun (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yellow or livid vesicles appear, producing a corrosive ichor, which is sometimes attended with a degree of fever.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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In his hands, he wielded an iron poker like a baseball bat; a viscous, black liquid-Timmy had never heard the term "ichor" before-now coated the metal shaft.
365 tomorrows 2008
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Caithe cartwheeled away, careful not to let the ichor touch her.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Black ichor, zombie nastiness, flowed out from the wounds.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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He reached beneath his tattered greatcoat and drew forth a cutlass that dripped with black ichor.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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A small demon trilled its freedom to the universe as the fly-sized being rose from the mirror, but I caught it in my fist and crushed it until it popped, a tiny jelly-bean of ichor.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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He reached beneath his tattered greatcoat and drew forth a cutlass that dripped with black ichor.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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A small demon trilled its freedom to the universe as the fly-sized being rose from the mirror, but I caught it in my fist and crushed it until it popped, a tiny jelly-bean of ichor.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Caithe cartwheeled away, careful not to let the ichor touch her.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Black ichor, zombie nastiness, flowed out from the wounds.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
johnmperry commented on the word ichor
4077 MASH was a unit within the purview of I Corps
June 22, 2008
likeflannel commented on the word ichor
what giant spiders secrete. can be sold for copper.
October 30, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word ichor
Copper web.
October 30, 2009
jennarenn commented on the word ichor
likeflannel, you made me smile. :)
October 30, 2009
dailyword commented on the word ichor
This word was used a lot in "The Dragonriders Of Pern" series of books.
June 15, 2012
sznjne commented on the word ichor
Might this be the source for the word "icky", with a corrupted spelling?
July 5, 2015
qms commented on the word ichor
My guess is that ichor is an unlikely source for icky. The Wordnik entry for icky borrows a suggestion of an origin in jazz lingo. I think it sounds like generic baby-talk. Compare yucky and gooey.
July 5, 2015