Meanings
- not comparableProducing balsam.
- not comparableHaving the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
[…] the Souls of men also shall then catch life from the more pure and Balsamick parts of the Earth, and be cloathed again in terrestriall bodies […]
1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory - not comparableHaving the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
he stood in the road, fragrant with the odor of the azaleas in the undergrowth and the balsamic breath of the low-hanging firs, which were all fibrously a-glitter wherever the moon touched the dew in the dense midst of their shadows.
1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 14
plural balsamics
- countableuncountableBalsamic vinegar.
Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.
2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or containing balsam
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchbalsamique
- Englishbalsamic
From balsam + -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and piecewise doublet of balmy.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto balzama
- balzamaproducing balsam
Finnish palsami-, palsamia tuottava
- palsami-producing balsam
- palsamia tuottavaproducing balsam
- rauhoittavasoothing, restorative
- palsamintuoksuinenhaving the pleasant odour of balsam
Polish balsamiczny, balsamiczny
- balsamicznysoothing, restorative
- balsamicznyhaving the pleasant odour of balsam
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with balsamic
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Cite this entry
balsamic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balsamic
“balsamic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balsamic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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