diapasm

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noun

powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together

OriginLatin diapasma ← Ancient Greek διάπασμα →
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Meanings

noundiapasm (plural diapasms)

plural diapasms

  1. obsoletepowdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together

    There's a diapasm in a chain too, if you like it

    1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδιάπασμα
  2. Latindiapasma
  3. Englishdiapasm

From Latin diapasma, Ancient Greek διάπασμα (diápasma), ultimately from πάσσω (pássō); compare French diapasme.

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APA

diapasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diapasm

MLA

“diapasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diapasm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diapasm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diapasm.

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