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Today's Word "malodorous"

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malodorous \mal-OH-duhr-uhs\ (adjective) - Having a bad odor.

"We were prepared for some unpleasantness, for as we were opening the door a faint, malodorous air seemed to exhale through the gaps, but none of us ever expected such an odour as we encountered." -- Bram Stoker, 'Dracula'

 

Malodorous is from Latin mal-, "bad" + odorus, from odor, "smell."


 

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