myrrhic

Meanings

adjectivemyrrhic (not comparable)

not comparableOf, related to, or derived from myrrh.
Corpses, treatment of.—A solution of myrrhic resin is obtained by treating powdered myrrh […]
1898, “6306. Thompson, W. P. [Flügge, R.]. April 13.”, in Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications. Class 76. Leather, including Treatment of Hides and Skins, London: Patent Office, →OCLC, page 90
not comparablepoeticHaving a pleasant fragrance; aromatic.
Above us the avern brooded like a gonfalon; from it there drifted a myrrhic perfume.
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 217
2 more examples
All the fragrances of dew, O angel, are there, / The myrrhic rapture of young hair, […]
1916, Emanuel Morgan [pseudonym; Witter Bynner], “The Locust-tree”, in Anne Knish [pseudonym; Arthur Davison Ficke]; Emanuel Morgan, Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments, New York, N.Y.: Mitchell Kennerley, OCLC 10672070, archived from the original on 22 July 2012, opus 45
It reverberates with layer on layer of flavour and aroma, from springtime zephyr at the top of the register to a myrrhic basso profundo.
2004, John Mole, It's All Greek to Me!: A Tale of a Mad Dog and an Englishman, Ruins, Retsina – and Real Geeks, London: Nicholas Brealey Pub., →ISBN, page 316

From myrrh + -ic.

Czech myrhový

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