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Webster 1913 Edition


Nidorous

Ni′dor-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
nidorosus
steaming, reeking: cf. F.
nidoreux
. See
Nidor
.]
Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Nidorous

NIDOROUS

,
Adj.
Resembling the smell or taste of roasted meat.

Definition 2024


nidorous

nidorous

English

Adjective

nidorous (comparative more nidorous, superlative most nidorous)

  1. (literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
    • 2002, Jamie O'Neill, chapter 10, in At Swim, Two Boys, ISBN 0743241878, page 240:
      That old man's niderous whispered breath had entered into MacMurrough's heart an insufflation of—of what, exactly?

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