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English
Etymology
From balsam + -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
balsamic (not comparable)
- Producing balsam.
- Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, 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
Translations
having the pleasant odour of balsam
Noun
balsamic (countable and uncountable, plural balsamics)
- Balsamic vinegar.
2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star:Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French balsamique.
Adjective
balsamic m or n (feminine singular balsamică, masculine plural balsamici, feminine and neuter plural balsamice)
- balsamic
Declension