stench
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noun
1.
an offensive smell or odor; stink.
2.
a foul quality.
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| —n | |
| a strong and extremely offensive odour; stink | |
| [Old English stenc; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stank; see | |
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Stench
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
stench
O.E. stenc "a smell" (either pleasant or unpleasant), from P.Gmc. *stankwiz (cf. O.S. stanc, O.H.G. stanch, Ger. stank). Related to stincan "emit a smell" (see stink) as drench is to drink. The notion of "evil smell" predominated from c.1200.
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Example sentences
For decades, the stench of the nearby refineries never seemed to concern city leaders here.
If it sits stagnant, it can develop a stench because it is prone to bacterial growth.
More corpses than the ground could accommodate resulted in the stench of decay and the constant risk of disease.
First, there is the stench from vegetables stored on the sidewalk.
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