nidorous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈnaɪ.də.ɹəs/ (US)
- /ˈnaɪd.ə.ɹəs/ (UK)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From nidor (“the unpleasant smell of some cooked animal substances”) + -ous, or from Medieval Latin nidorosus.
Meanings
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(literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
That old man's niderous whispered breath had entered into MacMurrough's heart an insufflation of—of what, exactly?
2002, Jamie O'Neill, chapter 10, in At Swim, Two Boys, →ISBN, page 240:‘Taste my breath—is it not fetid, foul, and nidorous?’
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVIII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 163:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more nidorous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most nidorous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (1)
ru палёный (Emitting the odor or taste of roasted meat, especially rotten meat)