Ichor

Quick meaning: Ichor is a noun meaning (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

Meaning

(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods.

More Meanings

1. The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma.
2. A blood-like fluid.
3. A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite.
4. A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus.

Example Sentences

This ſaid, ſhe wip’d from Venus’ wounded Palm / The ſacred Ichor, and infus’d the Balm.

They will not live / As shades but angle forward to enjoy / The pluck of life, the pressure of their ichor.

Like snow fall you cry a silent storm. / Your tears paint rivers on this oaken wall / Amber nectar / misery ichor.

Go bring him [an ant] home to his people. / Lay him in state on a sepal. / Wrap him for shroud in a petal. / Embalm him with ichor of nettle.

Word Forms

• ichors

Synonyms for ichor

Depending on context, synonyms include sanies, purulence, suppuration, festering, pus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sanies, suppuration, pus, purulence, festering, ether.

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