The Devil's Dictionary: Ichor

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
ICONOCLAST

ICHOR

-n.

A fluid that serves the gods and goddesses in place of blood.

Fair Venus, speared by Diomed,
Restrained the raging chief and said:
"Behold, rash mortal, whom you've bled —
Your soul's stained white with ichorshed!"

- Mary Doke

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