malodorousness love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality or state of being malodorous, or offensive to smell.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The attribute of having a strong offensive smell.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or condition of being malodorous.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

Etymologies

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malodorous +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • A rancid, oddly sweet, yet acrid blast of sheer malodorousness that beat hands-down anything I've smelt in my 51 years.

    Lionel: Olfactory Terror at 36K Feet 2010

  • All: Marvels manifest malodorousness, malodorousness manifests marvels;

    Archive 2010-04-01 DC 2010

  • All: Marvels manifest malodorousness, malodorousness manifests marvels;

    On the M Quarto of Macbeth DC 2010

  • Unfortunately, these conditions do cause erosion of your teeth and a moderate degree of malodorousness, but it's nothing that a couple of vodka shots won't cover up.

    Ali A. Rizvi: The Ultimate 9-Step Guide to Looking Good 2009

  • The diseases that chiefly attack prosperous hives are first of all the clerus-this consists in a growth of little worms on the floor, from which, as they develop, a kind of cobweb grows over the entire hive, and the combs decay; another diseased condition is indicated in a lassitude on the part of the bees and in malodorousness of the hive.

    The History of Animals 2002

  • The squalor and malodorousness of the town struck me, from the moment I stood upon the street, a facts I had never before observed.

    Looking Backward: Chapter 28 1888

  • The squalor and malodorousness of the town struck me, from the moment I stood upon the street, as facts I had never before observed.

    Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Edward Bellamy 1874

  • The squalor and malodorousness of the town struck me, from the moment I stood upon the street, as facts I had never before observed.

    Looking Backward 2000-1887 Edward Bellamy 1874

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