SILLAGE

PRONUNCIATION: (see-AHZH)

MEANING: noun: The trail of scent that lingers behind from a perfume; also, the degree to which it lingers.

ETYMOLOGY: From French sillage (wake, trail). Earliest documented use: early 1800s.
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ILLAGE - the total amount of time spent being sick

SILLRAGE - uncontrollable fury at seeing dead insects right outside your window

SILTAGE - all that fine dirt clogging the harbor (see also FILLAGE)