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smellie

smellie noun: a film using smell-o-vision technology.

Noun

smellie (plural smellies)

  1. A film using smell-o-vision technology.

Proper noun capitalized: Smellie

Smellie

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
    • Once Robert Smellie found her in a ruinous kirk on the Lang Muir, where of old the idolatrous rites of Rome were practiced.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
    • Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental...2010, Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon, →ISBN, page 13

Forms of smellie

pluralsmellies

Origin of smellie

From smell + -ie. Compare talkie.

Questions about smellie

What does smellie mean?
Smellie means a film using smell-o-vision technology.
What part of speech is smellie?
Smellie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of smellie?
The plural of smellie is smellies.

Words near smellie in the dictionary

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

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