nidor
/ˈnʌɪːdə/ /ˈnʌɪdɔː/noun
The smell given off by animal substances, especially of a fatty or greasy nature, when cooked or burnt.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Martin Fotherby (c1560–1620), bishop of Salisbury. From classical Latin nīdor a rich strong smell (from food or things burnt), fumes, cognate with ancient Greek κνῖσα, and Icelandic hniss.
- one's daily bread
- one's ears are burning
- one's ears prick up
- oneself
- one's finer feelings
- one's finest hour
- one's gorge rises
- one's head is a marley
- one's head swells
- one's heart goes out to
- one's heart's desire
- one's heart sinks
- one-shot
- one-shotter
- one's humble abode
- one-sided
- one-sidedly
- one-sidedness
- onesie
- one-size-fits-all
- one's jaw drops
- one's life's work
- one's line of country
- one's luck is in
- one's mark