incense
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“to set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Doublet of incienso. Displaced native Old English rēcels.
Inflected forms:
form: incenses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: incenses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: incensing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: incensed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: incensed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When the folding-doors were on such solemn occasions thrown open, and the new Abbot appeared on the threshold in full-blown dignity, with ring and mitre, and dalmatique and crosier, his hoary standard-bearers and his juvenile dispensers of incense preceding him, and the venerable train of monks behind him, with all besides which could announce the supreme authority to which he was now raised, his appearance was a signal for the magnificent jubilate to rise from the organ and music-loft, and to be joined by the corresponding bursts of Alleluiah from the whole assembled congregation.
gloss: Homage; adulation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
gloss: To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.
gloss: To anger or infuriate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington was incensed greatly, and as badge of dishonor ordered that a strip of cherry colored ribbon be sewed on their trowser seams.
Few political careers start when people are in their 70s, but Hendy is actually relishing it, although he is incensed sometimes by the pointlessness of the posturing by the opposition, which keeps him up late. "The bit I don't like is getting home at 0100 or 0200 in the morning because the opposition have been fruitlessly arguing for a long time."
gloss: To incite, stimulate.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
gloss: To offer incense to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: And after this Almachius hastily
Bad his ministres fecchen openly
Cecile, so that she mighte in his presence
Doon sacrifyce, and Iupiter encense.
And after this, Almachius hastily
Ordered his ministers to fetch publicly
Cecile, so that she might in his presence
Do sacrifice and burn incense to Jupiter.
gloss: To perfume with, or as with, incense.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: To haue her bound, incenſed with wanton ſweetes, / Her vaines fild hie with heating delicates, / […] / O Ithaca can chaſteſt Penelope hold out.
Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed,—foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.
The priests solemnly incensed the girl who personated the goddess.
Related words: frankincense
Derived words: incensation
incense boat
incense burner
incense cedar
incenseless
incensement
incenser
incense stick
incense tree
incensive
incensole
incensy
incensor
incensory
reincense
Translations:
lang: Acehnese
word: keumeunyan
lang: Albanian
word: kem
lang: Albanian
word: temjan
lang: Arabic
word: بَخُور
roman: baḵūr
lang: Arabic
word: بُخُور
roman: buḵūr
lang: Arabic
word: بخور
roman: baḵūr
lang: Arabic
word: بخور
roman: baḵūr
lang: Armenian
word: խունկ
roman: xunk
lang: Armenian
word: ծխանելիք
roman: cxanelikʻ
lang: Asturian
word: inciensu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: buxur
lang: Belarusian
word: ла́дан
roman: ládan
lang: Belarusian
word: фімія́м
roman: fimijám
lang: Belarusian
word: кадзі́ла
roman: kadzíla
lang: Bengali
word: ধূপ
roman: dhup
lang: Bulgarian
word: тамя́н
roman: tamján
lang: Burmese
word: အမွှေး
roman: a.hmwe:
lang: Catalan
word: encens
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 香
roman: hoeng¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 香
roman: xiāng
lang: Corsican
word: incensu
lang: Corsican
word: encensu
lang: Czech
word: kadidlo
lang: Danish
word: røgelse
lang: Danish
word: virak
lang: Dutch
word: wierook
lang: Dzongkha
word: སྤོས
roman: spos
lang: Egyptian
word: nTr-sn-T:r:N33A
roman: snṯr
lang: Esperanto
word: incenso
lang: Estonian
word: viiruk
lang: Faroese
word: roykilsi
lang: Finnish
word: suitsuke
lang: French
word: encens
lang: Friulian
word: incens
lang: Galician
word: incenso
lang: Georgian
word: საკმეველი
roman: saḳmeveli
lang: German
word: Weihrauch
lang: German
word: Räuchwerk
lang: Greek
word: λιβάνι
roman: liváni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θυμίαμα
roman: thumíama
lang: Hawaiian
word: heona
lang: Hebrew
word: קטורת
lang: Hebrew
word: קְטֹרֶת
roman: któret
lang: Hindi
word: अगरबत्ती
roman: agarbattī
lang: Hindi
word: धूपबत्ती
roman: dhūpbattī
lang: Hungarian
word: füstölő
lang: Icelandic
word: reykelsi
lang: Ido
word: incenso
lang: Indonesian
word: kemenyan
lang: Indonesian
word: dupa
lang: Irish
word: túis
lang: Italian
word: incenso
lang: Italian
word: olibano
lang: Japanese
word: 薫香
roman: kunkō
lang: Japanese
word: 香
roman: kō
lang: Kazakh
word: ладан
roman: ladan
lang: Khmer
word: ធូប
roman: thuup
lang: Korean
word: 향
roman: hyang
lang: Lao
word: ທູບ
roman: thūp
lang: Lao
word: ກຳຍານ
roman: kam nyān
lang: Latin
word: thūs
lang: Latin
word: suffīmen
lang: Latin
word: thȳmiāma
lang: Latvian
word: vīraks
lang: Ligurian
word: incénso
lang: Lithuanian
word: smilkalai
lang: Lombard
word: incens
lang: Macedonian
word: темјан
roman: temjan
lang: Macedonian
word: благомирис
roman: blagomiris
lang: Malay
word: dupa
lang: Malay
word: kemenyan
lang: Malay
word: setanggi
lang: Maltese
word: inċens
lang: Maltese
word: bħur
lang: Māori
word: whakakakara
lang: Mongolian
word: сан
roman: san
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠰᠠᠩ
roman: sang
lang: Muna
word: dupa
lang: Norman
word: enchens
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: virak
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: røkelse
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: røykelse
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: virak
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: røykjelse
lang: Church Slavic
word: ѳѵмїамъ
roman: θümiamŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: темьꙗнъ
roman: temĭjanŭ
lang: Church Slavic
word: кадило
roman: kadilo
lang: Old East Slavic
word: темьанъ
roman: temĭanŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: ладанъ
roman: ladanŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: кадило
roman: kadilo
lang: Old English
word: rēcels
lang: Oromo
word: qayya
lang: Pali
word: dhūpa
lang: Persian
word: عود
roman: 'ud
lang: Persian
word: بخور
roman: boxur
lang: Piedmontese
word: incens
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Ruakstoff
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Weiruak
lang: Pohnpeian
word: warpwohmwahu
lang: Pohnpeian
word: insens
lang: Polish
word: kadzidło
lang: Portuguese
word: incenso
lang: Romagnol
word: incéns
lang: Romagnol
word: inzéns
lang: Romanian
word: tămâie
lang: Russian
word: ла́дан
roman: ládan
lang: Russian
word: фимиа́м
roman: fimiám
lang: Russian
word: темья́н
roman: temʹján
lang: Russian
word: кади́ло
roman: kadílo
lang: Sanskrit
word: धूप
roman: dhūpa
lang: Sardinian
word: timagna
lang: Sardinian
word: timanza
lang: Sardinian
word: timonza
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: та̀мјан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tàmjan
lang: Slovak
word: kadidlo
lang: Slovene
word: kadilo
lang: Spanish
word: incienso
lang: Spanish
word: sahumerio
lang: Spanish
word: sahúmo
lang: Swahili
word: ubani
lang: Swedish
word: rökelse (virak c)
lang: Tagalog
word: dupa
lang: Tagalog
word: insenso
lang: Tagalog
word: astangi
lang: Tajik
word: бухур
roman: buxur
lang: Tamil
word: ஊதுபத்தி
roman: ūtupatti
lang: Ternate
word: dupa
lang: Thai
word: กำยาน
roman: gam-yaan
lang: Thai
word: ธูป
roman: tûup
lang: Tibetan
word: སྤོས
roman: spos
lang: Turkish
word: tütsü
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كونلك
roman: günlük
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بخور
roman: bahur, buhur
lang: Ukrainian
word: ла́дан
roman: ládan
lang: Ukrainian
word: фіміа́м
roman: fimiám
lang: Ukrainian
word: кади́ло
roman: kadýlo
lang: Ukrainian
word: ку́риво
roman: kúryvo
lang: Urdu
word: بخور
roman: buxūr
lang: Uzbek
word: ladan
lang: Vietnamese
word: hương
lang: Vietnamese
word: nhang
lang: Welsh
word: thus
lang: Welsh
word: arogldarth
lang: Wolof
word: cuuraay
lang: Yiddish
word: קטורת
roman: któyres
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: poom