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Aroma   /ərˈoʊmə/   Listen
noun
Aroma  n.  
1.
The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.
2.
Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.





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"Aroma" Quotes from Famous Books



... dissatisfaction. At last he gave the word that allowed the various cooks to set to work. There was no lack of helpers, for every fellow hung around, watching the peeling of the potatoes with hungry eyes; but when a delicious aroma began to arise from the first frying pan set over the hot fire, some of them backed away, unable to stand ...
— The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour - The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain • George A. Warren
... they mingle. Foreigners can never enter our inner chamber; the door is never wholly opened, the curtain never drawn aside between Chinese and European. The foreign man is a materialist, a mere worshipper of things seen. With us "the taste of the tea is not so important as the aroma." When Chinese gentlemen meet for pleasure, they talk of poetry and the wisdom of the sages, of rare jade and porcelains and brass. They show each other treasures, they handle with loving fingers the contents of their cherished boxes, and search for stores of beauty ...
— My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard • Elizabeth Cooper
... suddenly sleepy and he drowsed and nodded, realizing that Scott and Cheyenne were talking, and that the faint aroma of coffee drifted toward him, mingling with the chill, fresh air of morning. He pulled himself together and drank the coffee and ate some bacon. From time to time he glanced at Scott, fascinated by the miner's tremendous forearms, his mighty chest and shoulders. Even Cheyenne, who was a fair-sized ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs
... anything else to betray just how the thing had been accomplished, the table was covered with golden dishes, heaped with food, and two flagon-like goblets, full to the brim with a dark, greenish liquid that gave off an aroma almost exhilarating; not alcoholic, but something just above that. The Rhamda, disregarding or not noticing Watson's gasp of wonder, lifted his goblet in the manner of the host ...
— The Blind Spot • Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint
... sneeringly, her Garments rustling and a faint Aroma of Violets lingering in her Wake, just as it does in the Red ...
— Knocking the Neighbors • George Ade


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