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单词 graveolent
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graveolentadj.

/ɡrəˈviːələnt/
Etymology: < Latin graveolent-em, graveolens, < grave, adverbial neuter of gravis heavy + olent-em, olens, present participle of olēre to smell.
Having a strong or offensive smell; rank, fetid.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective]
foul-stinkingOE
poignantc1387
rammishc1395
rank1479
reekya1500
puanta1529
unsavoury1539
uglyc1540
contagious1547
noisome1559
fulsome1576
fetid1599
nasty1601
unsweet1605
rammy1607
stenchful1615
stinkardly1616
rancid1627
reeking1629
pungent1644
olidous1646
stenching1654
graveolent1657
maleolent1657
virous1661
olid1680
ranciduous1688
feculent1703
virose1756
stenchy1757
infragrant1813
inodorous1823
nosy1836
malodorous1850
unfragrant1858
smelly1862
cacodorous1863
stinky1888
funked out1893
niffya1903
whiffy1905
pongy1936
fresh1966
minging1970
bogging1973
bowfing1983
honking1985
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ffv Odoraments objected to the nose in great quantity, are graveolent.
1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) ii. 186 The Butter..was yellow and something graveolent, yet it was edible.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English II. 236 He strives to buoy himself from ‘the graveolent abyss’ of his infamy.
1862 G. A. Lawrence Barren Honour I. 5 Such playful missiles as graveolent eggs.
1875 Anderida II. vii. 137 The soul..smelled the graveolent vapours of Avernus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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