NIDOROUS

PRONUNCIATION: (NY-duh-ruhs)

MEANING: adjective: Smelling strongly of cooking, burning, or decaying animal matter.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin nidor (strong smell from cooking or burning), unrelated to odor. Earliest documented use: 1626.
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Ni-TOROUS - a nickel doughnut

NODOROUS - without a smell

FIDOROUS - having a small portal so a dog can enter or leave without disturbing its owner