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单词 thymiama
释义

thymiaman.

Etymology: < Greek θῡμίᾱμα, < θῡμιᾶν to burn incense. In thymyame, tymyame < Old French thymiame, timiame incense, perfume (12–14th cent. in Godefroy).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: thymiˈama.
Obsolete.
Incense.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume > incense
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xvi. 18 Myn oyle and my tymyame, [gloss] or encense.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. ix. lf. 361/1 Silk Synamome, franc ensens withal For sacrefise, the purpurate vesture Wt Thymyame, the riche pectoral Which ordeyned wern,..For the Solempne place of places alle Sancta sanctorum.]
1697 tr. Rodriguez' Pract. Christian Perfection I. v. i. 269 The smell of well compos'd Thymiama is very delicious.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thymiama, Incense, Perfume; a Sweet-Gum.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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