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diapasms

diapasms is the plural of diapasm.

Meaning of diapasm

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...

Questions about diapasms

What is diapasms the plural of?
Diapasms is the plural of diapasm.

Words near diapasms in the dictionary

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

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