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nidorose

nidorose is the alternative form of nidorous.

Meaning of nidorous

Adjective

nidorous (comparative more nidorous, superlative most nidorous)

  1. (literary) Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
    • ‘Taste my breath—is it not fetid, foul, and nidorous?’1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVIII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 163

Forms of nidorose

comparativemore nidorose
superlativemost nidorose

Questions about nidorose

What is nidorose the alternative form of?
Nidorose is the alternative form of nidorous.

Words near nidorose in the dictionary

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

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