balsamic

From balsam +‎ -ic and French balsamique. Doublet of balsamico and balmy.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɔːlˈsæmɪk/
• Rhymes: -æmɪk

balsamic (not comparable)

1. Producing balsam.
2. Having the health-giving properties of balsam; soothing, restorative.
   • 1662, John Heydon, The Harmony of the World‎, London: Robert Horn, Epistle Dedicatory:

     […] 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 […]

3. Having the pleasant odour of balsam; balmy, fragrant.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 14:

     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.

balsamic (countable and uncountable, plural balsamics)

1. Balsamic vinegar.
   • 2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star‎:

     Emilia-Romagna is home to fabled Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and aged balsamics.

• cabalism

Borrowed from French balsamique.

balsamic m or n (feminine singular balsamică, masculine plural balsamici, feminine and neuter plural balsamice)

1. balsamic