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Yeorieyoh-ree

n. A certain scent that has the power to sweep you back to childhood--the acrid funk of bug spray, the earthy sweetness of dead leaves on wet asphalt, the rebellious twang of gasoline fumes in the summer heat.

Etymology

From yewthor, a pungent scent + yewre, water-bearer.

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