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ill-scented en · ADJ

Etymology

From ill + scented.

Meanings

1. (dated) Having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.
   • By an accurate dissection, which was made by Dr. Mitchell, it has been found, that this ill-scented fluid is entirely distinct from the urine. 1807, James Mease, M.D., A Geological Account of the United States, Comprehending a Short Description of Their Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities, page 322:
   • Much-branched and ill-scented annual, leafy up to the subsessile or short-pedunculate small heads: 1885, John Merle Coulter, Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain Region From New Mexico to the British Boundary, page 197:
   • When fresh they are ill-scented and nauseating, but later they are not so disagreeable. 1889, United States, Division of Botany, Section of Plant Pathology, Section of Vegetable Pathology, “Potato Family (Solanaceae)”, in Department Of Agriculture, Botanical Division, Bulletin No. 10, page 50:

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