紫し煙えん

noun

purple smoke; tobacco smoke

Literary or poetic term for tobacco smoke, often used in writing to evoke a refined or nostalgic atmosphere.

• 紫し煙えんが部屋へやに漂ただよっていた。

  Tobacco smoke hung in the room.

• 彼かれは紫し煙えんをくゆらせながら物もの思おもいにふけっていた。

  He was lost in thought, blowing out tobacco smoke.