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smellfunguses

smellfunguses is the plural of smellfungus.

Meaning of smellfungus

Noun

smellfungus (plural smellfunguses or smellfungi)

  1. (archaic) A faultfinder, complainer, grumbler.
    • But this want of a softening medium, and consequently, of aerial perspective, is not the defect of the Rhine scenery in particular, but of river views in general. And then it is so rich in equivalents—so strong in picture; a true Smellfungus would exclaim, “Yes; but the pictures are all alike.”1834, Mary Boddington, Slight reminiscences of the Rhine, Switzerland, and a corner of Italy, volume I, page 81

Questions about smellfunguses

What is smellfunguses the plural of?
Smellfunguses is the plural of smellfungus.

Words near smellfunguses in the dictionary

  1. Smelley
  2. Smelleys
  3. smellful
  4. smellfungi
  5. smellfungus
  6. smellfunguses
  7. smellie
  8. smellier
  9. smellies
  10. smelliest
  11. smellily

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