ill-scented

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Frequency: 3.28 in modern English

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"By an accurate dissection, which was made by Dr. Mitchell, it has been found, that this ill-scented fluid is entirely distinct from the urine."
"Much-branched and ill-scented annual, leafy up to the subsessile or short-pedunculate small heads:"
"When fresh they are ill-scented and nauseating, but later they are not so disagreeable."

From ill + scented.

more ill-scented (comparative) most ill-scented (superlative)

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