ichor
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- noun
- /ˈaɪkər/
- Archaic
- In Greek mythology, the gods possessed an ethereal fluid called ichor that flowed through their veins instead of blood.
Examples
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Her finely shaped lips moved and parted, and her little tongue came out to taste the ichor.
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He poured the ichor into a goblet carved from a single amethyst.
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In the bottom of each box was no more than a little pool of ichor.
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The ichor and spells had done their work to perfection.
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"I don't suppose you have a glass of ichor around."
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"They sipped their ichor in silence for a time.
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It was known of old that when anything organic was put into a vat containing ichor, it kept for a long time.
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"A little ichor, perhaps?"
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"Have a good stiff slug of ichor," Ylith replied.
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I'll pour you a shot of ichor. "I've heard of it," Babriel said, "but I've never had any.
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Ichor comes from the Greek ἰχώρ, the 'blood' that runs in the veins of the gods in old stories. So when writers use ichor, they mean a divine, other-worldly life-fluid rather than ordinary blood.