aromatic
Fragrant or spicy.
Adjective
- Fragrant or spicy.
- aromatic herbs
- aromatic taste
- Beautifully adorned in tuxedo black with brilliant white stripes or spots, skunks are known mainly for their aromatic properties, but they are also efficient predators of insects and other small game. - 2016, Justin O....
- Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
- Derived from benzene.
Origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek *ἄρ- (*ár-) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma) Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)der. Late Latin arōmaticusder. Old French aromatique Middle Frenchbor. Middle English English aromatic Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).
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aminoaromatic antiaromatic aramid arene aromatical aromatically aromatic compound aromatic duck aromatic ginger aromaticity aromaticness aromatic rice aromatic vegetable aryl chloroaromatic diaromatic fluoroaromatic haloaromatic heteroaromatic homoaromatic hydroaromatic monoaromatic nitroaromatic nonaromatic
Noun
- A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
- Any aromatic compound.