English Explanatory Dictionary

neroli

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. More fully neroli oil or oil of neroli: an essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange or Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium subsp. amara) used to make perfumes.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɪəɹəli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-neroli.wav /ˈnɛɹəli/

Word forms

neroli nerolis

Etymology

Borrowed from French néroli (“neroli”), from Nerola, a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins (1642–1722), Princess of Nerola but originally from France, is thought to have made neroli popular as a fragrance in her country of birth around 1670. The word is cognate with Italian (obsolete) nerola, neroli.

Related words

neroly napha water orange blossom water orange flower water petitgrain

Derived words

nerol nerolic nerolic acid nerolidol
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