smells and words
Frances Morey
austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Fri Apr 2 16:14:27 2004
telebob,
That is fascinating. I often wondered where that smell came from. The spell check denies all knowledge of the word.
FM
--- On Fri 04/02, telebob telebob@sbcglobal.net wrote:
From: telebob [mailto: telebob@sbcglobal.net]
To: austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:29:12 -0600
Subject: RE: smells and words
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<P>petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun</P>
<P>The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.</P>
<P>[From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that
is</P>
<P>supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined
by</P>
<P>researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.]</P>
<P>"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils</P>
<P>given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and</P>
<P>released into the air after a first rain."</P>
<P>Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, </P>
<P>California); Jan 2002.</P>
<P>"But, even in the other pieces, her prose breaks into passages of
lyrical</P>
<P>beauty that come as a sorely needed revifying petrichor amid the
pitiless</P>
<P>glare of callousness and cruelty."</P>
<P>Pradip Bhattacharya; Forest Interludes; Indianest.com; Jul 29,
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