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olid en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃édeti Proto-Italic *odō Latin olō Latin oleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin olidusbor. English olid Borrowed from Latin olidus from olēre (“to smell”).

Meanings

1. (rare) evil-smelling; fetid.
   • It was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew. 2000, Chris R. Jamison, The Chesler Legacy, page 46:
   • The febrile attack is usually somewhat severe in all its stages, the pricking sensation occurs during the hot fit, and is like that of pin-points struck into the skin; the sweat is copious, but proves by its sour and olid smell that it is a morbid secretion, and hence affords no relief. 1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology:
   • An olid smell made the boy catch his breath. 1999, Christian Petersen, Let the Day Perish:

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