MALODOROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (mal-OH-duhr-uhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Having a foul smell.
2. Highly improper.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French mal- (bad) + odorous (having a smell), from Latin odor (smell). Earliest documented use: 1850.
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MALODOROUST - after the skunk sprayed, everyone left in a hurry

MAN-ODOROUS - the guy really needs a shower

MALLODOROUS - the garbage collectors' strike created a very smelly shopping center