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Definitions
A strong-smelling spice resin used in cooking and traditional medicine.
Word origin
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).
Used in a sentence
“The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.”
“half-a-dozen huge bread pills, dipped in a solution of aloes or cinnamon water, flavoured with assafœtida, which in the case of the dyspeptic rich often suffice [...].”
“For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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