infused

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Infused means given flavour by soaking something in it. Infused oil, chilli-infused vinegar, infused with herbs.

The soaking is gentle and usually warm rather than boiled, because heat drives off the aromatic compounds you are trying to capture. Garlic in oil at room temperature is a botulism risk and should be refrigerated. Figuratively, a thing infused with meaning is filled with it.

Definitions of infused

1adjectiveinfusedGiven flavour by soaking something in it.B2+
“She drizzled some chilli-infused oil over the pizza to give it a kick.”

infused is a quality of flavouring.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰewd-
Latin
infusus
Middle English
infusen
English
infuse
English, today
infused

infuse comes from Middle English infusen, from Latin infusus, from infundo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Smell & Taste

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infused in the wild

Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music.
Dance-rock
Flavored liquors (also called infused liquors) are liquors that have added flavoring and, in some cases, a small amount of added sugar.
Flavored liquor
Bacon vodka is vodka infused with bacon flavor and the addition of savory flavor to mixed drinks.
Bacon vodka
The infused alcohol can be sipped but is typically used in mixed drinks such as the Bloody Mary or bacon martini.
Bacon vodka
Of the several varieties, two come with the 23 ct Swiss flakes of gold infused into the spirit.
Royal Dragon Vodka

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