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单词 smellfungus
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smellfungusn.

/smɛlˈfʌŋɡəs/
Forms: Also 1700s smelfungus. Plural smellfungi /smɛlˈfʌndʒaɪ/.
Etymology: The name by which Sterne designated Smollett on account of the captious tone of the latter's Travels through France and Italy (1766).
A discontented person; a grumbler, faultfinder. Also attributive.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains
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repiner1551
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moaner1628
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querulist1647
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grumbletonian1773
smellfungus1807
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gruntler1893
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Moaning Minnie1934
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1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 86 The learned Smelfungus travelled from Boulogne to Paris,..but he set out with the spleen and jaundice, and every object he pass'd by was discoloured or distorted.]
1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 18 Let the grumbling smellfungi..rail at the extravagance of the age.
1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy II. xxiii. 380 Smellfungus people, who love to torment themselves.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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