Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   Ar·o·mat·ic

   /ˌerəˈmadik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having a pleasant and distinctive smell: "a massage with aromatic oils"
   • 2. (of an organic compound) containing a planar unsaturated ring of atoms that is stabilized by an interaction of the bonds forming the ring. Such compounds are typified by benzene and its derivatives.

   noun

   • 1. a substance or plant emitting a pleasant and distinctive smell.
   • 2. an aromatic compound.

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aromaticus, from Greek arōmatikos, from arōma (see aroma).

   Derivatives

   • 1. aromatically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   Powered by Oxford Languages

   More Definitions, Word Origin & ScrabbleShow less