incense
/ˌɪnˈsens/in-SENS
/ˌɪnˈsɛns/in-SENS
Meaningsomething burnt
Common meaning: sweet-smelling smoke
Other meanings: to enrage
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- censto shine white; bright whiteLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 277 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘to shine white’ → incense
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin candeō; candidus ‘to shine white; bright white’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry candeō, p. 277 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CANDIDATE, p. 91 · dictionary scan
Roots
- candeō; candidus Latin “to shine white; bright white”
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