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diapasm

diapasm noun: powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.

Noun

diapasm (plural diapasms)

  1. (obsolete) powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together
    • There's a diapasm in a chain too, if you like it1600 (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...

Forms of diapasm

pluraldiapasms

Origin of diapasm

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

Questions about diapasm

What does diapasm mean?
Diapasm means powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together.
What part of speech is diapasm?
Diapasm is a noun.
What is the plural of diapasm?
The plural of diapasm is diapasms.

Words near diapasm in the dictionary

  1. Diaoyutais
  2. diap
  3. diap.
  4. diapase
  5. diapases
  6. diapasm
  7. diapasms
  8. diapason
  9. diapasonal
  10. diapasons
  11. diapausal

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