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/Ëpet.rÉª.kÉËr/ /Ëpet.rÉª.kÉËr/ specialized. âº the smell produced when rain falls on dry ground, usually experienced as being pleasant. (Definition of âpetrichorâ from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press)
In Play: This word certainly belongs in the vocabulary of all terroirists: I'm certain that the soil which produced the bouquet of this chardonnay also produced an equally fragrant petrichor. But once we are comfortable with it, we can unleash our metaphoric creativity: Her entrance into his life was a refreshing petrichor ending a long season of dry relationships. Word History: It is amazing how such a beautiful word as today's Good Word can arise from such an ordinary combination of roots.