Stinkingness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being stinking. uncountable

    "Its sweetness cuts the gall-bitter taste of defeat which, to the palate, is as the stinkingness to the nose of the pus-running wounds of soldiers."

Example

More examples

"Its sweetness cuts the gall-bitter taste of defeat which, to the palate, is as the stinkingness to the nose of the pus-running wounds of soldiers."

Etymology

From stinking + -ness.

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