单词 | nidor |
释义 | nidorn. The smell given off by animal substances, esp. of a fatty or greasy nature, when cooked or burnt. Also: any strong or unpleasant odour, vapour, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fetid smells > other spec. nidora1620 mephitis1625 nidorosity1696 reek1729 fire stink1844 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xi. §4. 116 Who maketh..his Caldron, his Sensor; his Nidor, his Incense; his Table, his Altar. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 29 I had my smell affected with such a nidor, as issues from fat, when broiled. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 810 That Evil Demons or Devils, were..delighted with the Blood and Nidours of Sacrifices. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 264 In the Nidor of the Stomach there are hot Winds. 1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 43 A Nidor, or Stink, peculiar to Animal Substances in a State of Putrefaction. 1811 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 203/2 No living nostril has scented the nidor of a human creature roasted for faith. 1851 Harper's Mag. Jan. 163/2 He might have been tempted to express his homage through the Pagan fashion of raising altars and burning incense..provided always that the nidor were irreproachable. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 159/2 A nidor was to him an agony impossible to endure. 1994 Sunday Times (Nexis) 3 July The corporeal must of dead thoughts and forgotten words..the nidor of tatty jackets and grubbily thumbed flies. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon liii. 514 With the black nidor of the Torches for her first Incense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1620 |
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