fumette

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noun

The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.

OriginFrench fumet →
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Meanings

noun

alternative fumet

  1. archaicThe unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.

    A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.

    1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

Origin

  1. Frenchfumet“odour of wine or meat”
  2. Englishfumette

French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume.

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APA

fumette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumette

MLA

“fumette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fumette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumette.

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