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Meaning of balsamic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˌbɔːlˈsæmɪk/

Definitions

  1. Producing balsam.
    not-comparable
  2. Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
    not-comparable
  3. Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
    not-comparable

Examples

“[…] 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 […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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