Graveolent

/ɡræˈviːoʊlənt/ adjective

Definition

Having a strong, heavy, rank, or offensive smell; smelling bad or musty.

Etymology

From Latin graveolens, from gravis (heavy) + olere (to smell). Creates an adjective meaning 'smelling strongly.'

Kelly Says

Graveolent is delightfully rare and specific—it's what you'd call a graveyard in summer before modern sanitation, or a medieval butcher shop, combining grave (heavy) with scent in one perfectly gross word.

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