Meanings
adjectivenidorous (comparative more nidorous, superlative most nidorous)
comparative more nidorous · superlative most nidorous
- literaryEmitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
‘Taste my breath—is it not fetid, foul, and nidorous?’
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVIII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 1631 more example
That old man's niderous whispered breath had entered into MacMurrough's heart an insufflation of—of what, exactly?
2002, Jamie O'Neill, chapter 10, in At Swim, Two Boys, →ISBN, page 240
Origin
From nidor (“the unpleasant smell of some cooked animal substances”) + -ous, or from Medieval Latin nidorosus.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian палёный
- палёный (paljónyj)Emitting the odor or taste of roasted meat, especially rotten meat
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