whiffyadj.
/ˈwɪfi/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪfi/ slang.
Having an unpleasant smell. Also figurative.
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foul-stinkingOE
poignantc1387
rammishc1395
rank1479
reekya1500
puanta1529
unsavoury1539
uglyc1540
contagious1547
noisome1559
fulsome1576
fetid1599
nasty1601
unsweet1605
rammy1607
stenchful1615
stinkardly1616
rancid1627
reeking1629
pungent1644
olidous1646
stenching1654
graveolent1657
maleolent1657
virous1661
olid1680
ranciduous1688
feculent1703
virose1756
stenchy1757
infragrant1813
inodorous1823
nosy1836
malodorous1850
unfragrant1858
smelly1862
cacodorous1863
stinky1888
funked out1893
niffya1903
whiffy1905
pongy1936
fresh1966
minging1970
bogging1973
bowfing1983
honking1985
1849 H. Melville Mardi II. xxvii. 109 A pithy, whiffy sentence or two.
1905 R. Marsh Spoiler of Men xvii. 149 It [sc. his tobacco] is a bit whiffy, ain't it?
1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad xi. 77 ‘A bit whiffy,’ Hero said, as they passed among the cottages that encircled the muddy..pool.
1962 W. H. Auden Dyer's Hand (1963) 520 I have always found the atmosphere of Twelfth Night a bit whiffy.
1978 Birds Summer 45/2 The area is dusty and whiffy with lorries arriving to tip every four minutes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1849