Stenchy

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a stench or foul odour, malodorous.

    "Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement."

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"Soon, the incessant wind would dry the stenchy wallow to corduroyed cement."

Etymology

From Middle English stenchi (“malodorous”), equivalent to stench + -y. More at stench, -y.

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