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odmyl

odmyl noun: a volatile liquid, said to have an unpleasant garlicky odour, obtained by boiling sulfur with linseed oil.

Noun

odmyl (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A volatile liquid, said to have an unpleasant garlicky odour, obtained by boiling sulfur with linseed oil.

Origin of odmyl

From Ancient Greek ὀδμή (odmḗ, “stench”) + -yl.

Questions about odmyl

What does odmyl mean?
Odmyl means a volatile liquid, said to have an unpleasant garlicky odour, obtained by boiling sulfur with linseed oil.
What part of speech is odmyl?
Odmyl is a noun.

Words near odmyl in the dictionary

  1. Odland body
  2. Odlands
  3. Odle
  4. Odles
  5. ODM
  6. odmyl
  7. ODN
  8. oDNA
  9. Odnes
  10. ODNI
  11. ODO

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