Friday, 18 November 2016

Today's word of the day

Have you ever wondered what that sweet moist dust smell you perceive after it must have rained could be called?

Well then, it is called - Petrichor.

Petrichor is the smell of the Earth after rain,especially after the first and last rain.

It is pe-trê-kor (noun)

Sentence example : "Except for the petrichor one could perceive from the dry earth, there was no sign I think had rained".

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