stench
sustantivoverboatestiguado en diálogos
- //stɛnt͡ʃ//
a strong foul smell; a stink.
sustantivo
- 1
a strong foul smell; a stink.
- 2
figuradoA foul quality.
the stench of political corruption
- 3
obsoletoA smell or odour, not necessarily bad.
Black bulls, and bearded goats on altars lie; / And clouds of ſav'ry ſtench involve the ſky.
Etimología
From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo cause to emit a disagreeable odour; to cause to stink.
Dead bards stench every coast
- 2
To stanch.
Formas
- plural
- stenches
- pasado
- stenched
- participio
- stenched
- gerundio
- stenching
- 3.ª persona del singular
- stenches