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fumette

fumette noun: the unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.

Noun

fumette

  1. (archaic) The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.
    • A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park

Forms of fumette

alternative formfumet

Origin of fumette

French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume.

Questions about fumette

What does fumette mean?
Fumette means the unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.
What part of speech is fumette?
Fumette is a noun.

Words near fumette in the dictionary

  1. fumers
  2. fumes
  3. fumet
  4. fumetere
  5. fumets
  6. fumette
  7. fumetti
  8. fumetto
  9. fumewort
  10. fumeworts
  11. fumf

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