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Never thought I'd actually see this word used outside of an episode[1] of Doctor Who. That or maybe an episode of Jeopardy. It certainly doesn't appear to be a well known word.

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Wife_(Doctor_Who...




I first heard it in Aesop Rock's song Tetra [1]: "surface from the cellar door like worms into the petrichor".

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHMn8q6Jlg




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