Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who stinks; hence, a mean, paltry fellow.
- noun The stinking badger of Java, Mydaus meliceps; the teledu. See cut under
teledu . - noun In ichthyology, a shark of the genus Mustelus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mean, stinking, paltry fellow.
- noun (Zoöl.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
malodorous person or animal. - noun The
teledu . - noun figuratively, rare, archaic A person whose behavior is
hurtful andunsavory ; astinker .
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Examples
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But behold, the ass-colt grew and became big as a buffalo and walled the way before him and spake with the voice of the sons of Adam, saying, “Woe to thee, O thou Bunch-back, thou stinkard, O thou filthiest of grooms!”
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And he cried out to her, saying, Come here, thou stinkard!
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I guessed he was under some agitation of spirits and desired to know the cause; but, instead of answering me directly, he asked with great emotion, if I thought him a monster and a stinkard?
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“A monster and a stinkard!” said I, with some surprise:
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But the ass increased and swelled, till it became a buffalo and barred the way against him and said with a human voice, "Out on thee, hunchback, thou stinkard!"
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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And he cried out to her, saying, "Come, thou stinkard, I will not sell thee."
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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The case to which the visitor's attention is now directed, contains the varieties of the glutton family -- the Chinese musk weasel; the European and North American badgers; the Javan stinkard, and the
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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But behold, the ass-colt grew and became big as a buffalo and walled the way before him and spake with the voice of the sons of Adam, saying, "Woe to thee, O thou Bunch-back, thou stinkard, O thou filthiest of grooms!"
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The moment Bettina saw the exorcist, she burst into loud laughter, and addressed to him the most offensive insults, which fairly delighted everybody, as the devil alone could be bold enough to address a Capuchin in such a manner; but the holy man, hearing himself called an obtrusive ignoramus and a stinkard, went on striking Bettina with a heavy crucifix, saying that he was beating the devil.
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The moment Bettina saw the exorcist, she burst into loud laughter, and addressed to him the most offensive insults, which fairly delighted everybody, as the devil alone could be bold enough to address a Capuchin in such a manner; but the holy man, hearing himself called an obtrusive ignoramus and a stinkard, went on striking Bettina with a heavy crucifix, saying that he was beating the devil.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
kaichi commented on the word stinkard
Definition: (noun) A person who stinks.
January 17, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word stinkard
See teledu, the stinking badger.
September 2, 2010