"vellichor" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2017, Ana Kimm, \"The Bookstop\", Ink Stains (Pechersk School International, Kiev, Ukraine), Summer 2017, page 86",
          "text": "It seemed that nobody else was in the shop, so I wandered around, both intimidated and entranced by the sense of vellichor as I traced my fingers along the leather spines of books beyond my time."
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          "ref": "2018, Sam Millar, The Bespoke Hitman:",
          "text": "Bringing the drawing to his face, he closed his eyes, inhaling the paper's vellichor, the opium-like smell of yesteryear and childhood.",
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          "ref": "2019, Brooke Santoyo, Hanakatoba, page 36:",
          "text": "I stepped inside to see rows and rows of old books and tables to sit at. The vellichor of the place hit me in the face like a cold harsh wind.",
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        "The pensive nostalgia and temporality of used bookstores; the feeling evoked by the scent of old books or paper."
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