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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1513-1552
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Aromatik, -yk(e, a. and n. [ME. aromatyk (14th c.), OF. aromatique, L. arōmatic-us.] Aromatic; an aromatic substance. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiv. 555 (balme and aromatykis). 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 147 (aromatik gummys). 1531 Bell. Boece I. 194 (aromatik odouris). 1531 Ib. II. 409 (arromitike unȝementis). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 137 (aromatik odouris).
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