myrrhy

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English

Etymology

From myrrh +‎ -y.

Adjective

myrrhy (comparative more myrrhy, superlative most myrrhy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of myrrh.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 55:
      Warmed to the woman somewhat, I admit it. She holds forth like a man and smokes myrrhy cigarettes through a rhino-horn holder.

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