myrrh
/mɜːɹ/[mɜː]
myrrh noun: a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
Noun
myrrh (usually uncountable, plural myrrhs)
- A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
- The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus...1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 98
- A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162
- Synonyms:
- Somali myrrhor
- Synonym of chrism.
- Synonyms:
- chrism
- The herb chervil.
myrrh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
myrrh in Hindi
- dried sap of the myrrha tree
- गंधरस gandhras
myrrh in Tamil
- வாசனைத் திரவியம், கோந்து, பிசின், போளம், வெள்ளைப்போளம், குங்குமதூபம்
myrrh in Bengali
- dried sap of the myrrha tree
- গন্ধরস gondhoroś
myrrh in Malayalam
- dried sap of the myrrha tree
- മീറ mīṟa
More languagesFewer languages
- myrrh in Sanskrit
- पिण्ड piṇḍa, मुण्ड muṇḍa, शश śaśa, विश्व viśva
- myrrh in Tagalog
- mira
- myrrh in Arabic
- مُرّ murr
- myrrh in Malay
- morhabshi
- myrrh in Thai
- มดยอบ mót-yɔ̂ɔp
- myrrh in Vietnamese
- hất nhựa thơm
- myrrh in Myanmar
- မုရန် mu.ran
Synonyms of myrrh
Forms of myrrh
| plural | myrrhs |
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Origin of myrrh
From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.
Words formed from myrrh
Words that rhyme with myrrh
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
- bras d'honneur
Questions about myrrh
- What does myrrh mean?
- Myrrh means a red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
- What is myrrh in Hindi?
- Myrrh in Hindi is गंधरस (gandhras). See Myrrh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is myrrh?
- Myrrh is a noun.
- How do you pronounce myrrh?
- Myrrh is pronounced /mɜːɹ/.
- What is the plural of myrrh?
- The plural of myrrh is myrrhs.
Words near myrrh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: myrrh (page history and authors); myrrh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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