单词 | nidorous |
释义 | nidorousadj. Now literary. 1. Of the nature of a nidor, or evoking this; having a strong and unpleasant smell, esp. resembling that of cooking animal fat. ΚΠ 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §923 Incense, and Nidorous Smells, (such as were of Sacrifices,) were thought to Intoxicate the Braine. 1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium ii. 21 Horrid stinks, niderous and unwholesome smells which proceed from the Tallow. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 303 Stones of live Brimstone exhaling a nidorous Scent, stinking like that Water the Mariners call Bilge Water. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Nidorous, resembling the smell or taste of roasted fat. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller i. xxiii. 95 It requires an alcaline Disposition, and also a nidorous Flavour. 1922 H. Williamson Dandelion Days (1983) xxi. 202 Just before break 5b seemed to become, in spite of the nidorous atmosphere in the classroom, a vitalised and eager band of boys. 1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 24 The demon forced him to stand with his burden, having strapped the body to Les's back like a nidorous papoose. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > other spec. sulphureousa1552 sulphured1605 sulphurous1606 sulphury1614 mephitic1623 nidorulent1634 empyreumatic1651 nidorous1651 Stymphalian1653 hircine1656 nitrosulphureous1656 empyreumatical1661 nitro-sulphurious1693 mephitical1704 nidorose1707 nitro-sulphurous1717 empyreumatized1829 onionized1830 Stymphalid1831 hircinous1866 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋287 That an acid ructation, of a reparable ferment, superinduced upon a nidorous one, is good. 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 124 Steel Medicines thus taken..stir up..nidorous Belching. 1746 R. James in Moffett & Bennet's Health's Improvem. (new ed.) Introd. 48 Nidorous Eructations, or Belches, which affect the Mouth with the Taste of putrefied Eggs. 1847 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. 662/1 Eructations of an acid and nidorous flatus. 1867 J. King Causes Chronic Dis. 690 The food retained upon the stomach is more or less imperfectly digested, occasioning acid or nidorous eructations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1626 |
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