单词 | fragrancy |
释义 | fragrancyn. Now rare. The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell. Occasionally with plural. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant quality sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 redolence1447 suavityc1450 fragrancy1578 sweet1594 odoriferousness1599 fragrantness1600 muskiness1727 aromaticness1731 balsamicness1737 lightness1799 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 79v He hath lost the sauour of the roses, and frangrantie [sic] of their nature. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 152 The fragrancy of euery greene herbe yeeldeth such a sauour. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 91/2 Thus have you..one of the most abominable scents upon Earth, made one of the greatest Fragrancies in the whole World. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 245 The goblet crown'd Breath'd aromatic fragrancies around. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. 201 The fragrancy of the fruit is admirable. 1876 J. P. Norris Rudim. Theol. i. 10 The pleasant fragrancy of the fine pollen that floats into the air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578 |
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