incienso
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Spanish incienso. Doublet of incense.
==== Noun ====
incienso (uncountable)
A desert shrub (Encelia farinosa) producing a resin that emits a fragrant odor when burned.
=== Etymology 2 ===
First used among the Zenless Zone Zero fandom through a meme image captioned "omaigoto its incienso" (oh my God it's incest).
==== Noun ====
incienso (uncountable)
(neologism, Internet slang, anime and manga) Filter-avoidance spelling of incest.
==== References ====
The King's Highway in Baja California, By Harry Crosby and Diana Lindsay, Baja California (Mexico) Copley Books: 1974, →ISBN
=== Anagrams ===
coniines, oscinine
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /inˈθjenso/ [ĩn̟ˈθjẽn.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /inˈsjenso/ [ĩnˈsjẽn.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -enso
Syllabification: in‧cien‧so
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Spanish encienso, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin incēnsum (“incense”), from Latin incēnsus (“inflamed, fiery”), from incendō (“to set on fire, burn, kindle”). Compare with Old Spanish encensar (“to cense”) and enceso (“inflamed, kindled”) (from encender), which was inherited directly from Latin.
==== Noun ====
incienso m (plural inciensos)
incense
Myrocarpus frondosus, a tree from the Fabaceae family
===== Derived terms =====
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=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
incienso
first-person singular present indicative of incensar
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“incienso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025