olid

comparative more olid · superlative most olid

1. rareevil-smelling; fetid.

   An olid smell made the boy catch his breath.

   1999, Christian Petersen, Let the Day Perish

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   The febrile attack is usually somewhat severe in all its stages, the pricking sensation occurs during the hot fit, and is like that of pin-points struck into the skin; the sweat is copious, but proves by its sour and olid smell that it is a morbid secretion, and hence affords no relief.

   1824, John Mason Good, The study of medicine: with a physiological system of nosology

   It was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew.

   2000, Chris R. Jamison, The Chesler Legacy, page 46