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malodorous, a.|mæˈləʊdərəs|
[f. mal- + odorous.]
Evil-smelling, lit. and fig.
1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. ii. 27 This malodorous phosphorescence of post-mortem sentimentalism. 1856G. Wilson Gateways Knowl. (1859) 83 If..some mal-odorous body had been mixed with the incense. 1889J. Ashton Fleet xviii. 230 The river retaliated in such kind, as to become a malodorous and offensive nuisance. 1891Law Times XC. 459/2 This malodorous litigation.
Hence maˈlodorously adv., maˈlodorousness.
1886Guillemard Cruise Marchesa II. 124 As for malodourousness, it is perhaps one of the few points in which the resemblance between the two cities fails. 1903Blackw. Mag. July 19/1 The missile malodorously discharged itself. |