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incense

noun
/ˈɪnsɛns//ɪnˈsɛns/

Etymology

From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“to set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Doublet of incienso.

  1. derived from incensum
  2. derived from encens
  3. inherited from encens

Definitions

  1. Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or…

    Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

  2. The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).

  3. Homage

    Homage; adulation.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To set on fire

      To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

      • Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.

    2. To anger or infuriate.

      • I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
      • His Grace the Duke of Wellington was incensed greatly, and as badge of dishonor ordered that a strip of cherry colored ribbon be sewed on their trowser seams.

    3. To incite, stimulate.

    4. To offer incense to.

    5. To perfume with, or as with, incense.

      • To haue her bound, incenſed with wanton ſweetes, / Her vaines fild hie with heating delicates, / […] / O Ithaca can chaſteſt Penelope hold out.
      • Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed,—foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.
      • The priests solemnly incensed the girl who personated the goddess.

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Derived

incensation, incense boat, incense burner, incense cedar, incenseless, incensement, incenser, incense stick, incense tree, incensive, incensole, incensy, incensor, incensory, reincense

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incense. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA