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aroma|əˈrəʊmə|
Forms: 3–7 aromat, (pl. 3–4 -az, = -atz), 4–7 aromate, 8– aroma.
[a. OF. aromat (now aromate), ad. L. arōmata, pl. of arōma, a. Gr. ἄρωµα. In mod. times altered back to L. and Gr. form; occas. even with pl. aˈromata, though aˈromas is usual.]
†1. Spice; usually in pl. spices. Obs.
c1220Leg. Kath. 2225 Wið smirles of aromaz. c1230Ancr. R. 376 Þeos þreo Maries bouhten swote smellinde aromaz uorto smurien mide ure Louerd. a1300Cursor M. 21299 Þe foerth sauurs als aromat. 1494Fabyan i. iii. 10 With dyuers Aromats & spyces of moste swettest odour. 1637Nabbes Microcosm. in Dodsley O.P. IX. 240 And breathes perfumes, no Persian aromats Can imitate. 1686W. Harris Lemery's Chym. i. xvii. 408 You may make use of other Aromates or Spices. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Aroma is, by some authors, particularly applied to denote myrrh.
2. The distinctive fragrance exhaled from a spice, plant, etc.; gen. an agreeable odour, a sweet smell.
1814Edin. Rev. XXIII. 116 The more odorous plants..whose aroma we may wish to retain. 1873E. Smith Foods 23 The nutritive qualities of the lean meat are there, except the aromas, which may have escaped under the influence of heat.
b. An aromatic essence or oil.
1830Coleridge Lect. Shaks. II. 203 Its [a plant's] balsams, gums, resins, aromata..are..mere excretions from the vegetable.
3. fig. A subtle pervasive quality or charm.
1851Carlyle Sterling i. ii. (1872) 11 The delicate aroma of his nature. 1861Trollope Tales of all Countries viii. 281 The language of the people has not the pure Parisian aroma. |