ill-scented

adj

Etymology

From ill + scented.

Definitions

  1. Having a bad, foul, or unpleasant odor.

    • By an accurate dissection, which was made by Dr. Mitchell, it has been found, that this ill-scented fluid is entirely distinct from the urine.
    • Much-branched and ill-scented annual, leafy up to the subsessile or short-pedunculate small heads:
    • When fresh they are ill-scented and nauseating, but later they are not so disagreeable.

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