myristic

Meaning

Adjective

• Pertaining to nutmeg.

Origin

• From Italian myristico, from Late Latin myristicus ("fragrant"); the form Myristica first used by Linnaeus as a genus name for the nutmeg tree. From Byzantine Greek μυριστικός ("fragrant"), from Ancient Greek μυρίζειν ("to anoint"), from μύρον. Compare myronic.