Meanings
noungraveolence (uncountable)
- rareuncountableA strong offensive smell; rancidity.
[…] to destroy in the flower of its beauty, then ruthlessly casts it from him as a rank and loathsome weed, without reflecting that he first robbed it of its redolence; was himself the cause of that graveolence which he then finds so offensive.
1841, William Hodgson, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
Origin
- Latingraveolentia
- Englishgraveolence
From Latin graveolentia. Compare French gravéolence. See graveolent.
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graveolence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveolence
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“graveolence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveolence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “graveolence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/graveolence.
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