Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Balsam-like; balmy.

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  • adjective Like balsam, as of balsam.

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  • adjective of or relating to or containing balsam

Etymologies

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From balsam +‎ -y.

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Examples

  • I think its such a gorgeous combination of balsamy frankincense and dry patchouli and could never understand why it seemed to generate the least amount of love among the exclusifs.

    Coupling Marina Geigert 2008

  • It was pretty country, even in the downpour, when white mists parted and fir-crowned heights looked out for a moment, or we slid down into a deep glen with mossy boulders, lichen-covered stumps, ferny carpet, and damp, balsamy smell of pyramidal cryptomeria, and

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • While the balsamy breath of the hemlocks and pines by the river

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

  • The result will be a supper that cannot be found in the finest of hotels, especially if your appetite is sauced by a good hike and the fragrant balsamy air of the great forest.

    The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers Claude A. Labelle

  • It was pleasant now to sit on his own doorstep and smell the delicate perfume of the roses and the balsamy odors from the woods behind.

    Poor Man's Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • The valley and the sentinel peaks that stood guard over it, the lowlands duskily green and full of balsamy odors from the forest, was still a goodly place to be.

    The Hidden Places Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • Behind the station the balsamy copse of young firs was frost-misted.

    Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921

  • Beyond that there was a lane between ranks of young, balsamy, white-misted firs and then an open pasture field, sere and crispy.

    Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 1908

  • It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.

    Anne of Green Gables 1908

  • The red light between the boughs made brilliant carpet patterns on the thick pine needles and the smell was balsamy and sweet.

    Keziah Coffin Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

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