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Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig in 2013, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, as a blend of vellum (“parchment”) and ichor. Compare petrichor.
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vellichor
Today it means: The pensive nostalgia and temporality of used bookstores; the feeling evoked by the scent of old books or paper. Full definition →