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nidorous, a. Now rare.|ˈnaɪdərəs|
[ad. L. nīdōrōs-us (see prec.), or f. nidor + -ous.]
Of smells: Resembling that of cooked or burnt animal substances; strong and unpleasant.
1626Bacon Sylva §923 Incense, and Nidorous Smells, (such as were of Sacrifices,) were thought to Intoxicate the Braine. 1661Evelyn Fumifugium Misc. Writ. (1805) ii. 236 Horrid stinks, nidorous and unwholesome smells, which proceed from the tallow. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 303 Stones of live Brimstone exhaling a nidorous Scent, stinking like that Water the Mariners call Bilge Water. 1757A. Cooper Distiller i. xxiii. (1760) 95 It acquires an alcaline Disposition, and also a nidorous flavour.
b. Applied to stomachic crudities and eructations suggestive of such smells.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋287 That an acid ructation, of a reparable ferment, superinduced upon a nidorous one, is good. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 124 Steel Medicines thus taken..stir up..nidorous Belching. 1746James Moufet's Health Improv. Introd. 48 Nidorous Eructations, or Belches, which affect the Mouth with the Taste of putrefied Eggs. 1851Noble tr. Swedenborg's Heaven & Hell (ed. 2) §488 Such nidorous exhalations as proceed from indigested substances in the stomach. |