† leavenishadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Resembling leaven; suggestive of fermenting dough.
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1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 145 If a perfume hereof be made and infused..into the holes of Serpents, it will driue them away, by reason of the sharp and leauenish sauour thereof.
1675 L. Addison Present State Jews xviii. 171 And this they do, lest the heat it [sc. flour] takes in grinding, should make it smell, and grow leavenish.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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