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nidor

/ˈnʌɪdə/US/ˈnaɪdəɹ/

nidor noun: the smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.

Noun

nidor (countable and uncountable, plural nidors)

  1. The smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.
    • the material Demons do strangely gluttonize upon the Nidours and Bloud of Sacrifices1681, Henry Hallywell, Melampronoea
    • The First-fruits were a common Oblation to their Deities; but the chief Part of their Worship consisted in sacrificiing Animals : And this they did out of a real Persuasion, that their Gods were pleased with their Blood, and were nourished with the Smoke, and Nidor of them; and therefore the more...1743, Thomas Stackhouse, A Compleat Body of Speculative and Practical Divinity, edition 3 (London), page 524
  2. (nonstandard) Any smell.
    • For her part Vicki smells little, not even the nidor of antifreeze at the stock car races at Lake Doucette.2007, Samuel F. Pickering, Autumn spring, page 28
    • The long, yellow face was framed in side whiskers; there hung about him the nidor of stale cigar smoke.2008, Edgar Wallace, Devil Man, page 9

Examples of nidor in a sentence

  • Elsewhere to blood, smoke, and nidor, he opposes purity of thought, sincerity of affection, […]1896, Daniel Waterland, A Review of the Doctrine of the Eucharist, page 623:
  • The smell, at some times of year sensible for Miles, of Sheep, and wool-fat, and that queasy Nidor of Lambs baking in ovens meant for bread […]1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:

Forms of nidor

pluralnidors

Origin of nidor

From Latin nidor.

Words formed from nidor

Questions about nidor

What does nidor mean?
Nidor means the smell of burning animals, especially of burning animal fat.
How do you use nidor in a sentence?
Elsewhere to blood, smoke, and nidor, he opposes purity of thought, sincerity of affection, […]
What part of speech is nidor?
Nidor is a noun.
How do you pronounce nidor?
Nidor is pronounced /ˈnʌɪdə/ (UK).
What is the plural of nidor?
The plural of nidor is nidors.

Words near nidor in the dictionary

  1. nidopallia
  2. nidopallial
  3. nidopallium
  4. nidopallium caudolaterale
  5. nidopalliums
  6. nidor
  7. nidorose
  8. nidorosities
  9. nidorosity
  10. nidorous
  11. nidors

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