ETYMOLOGY
from Late Latin nidorosus (steaming, reeking), from Latin nidor (strong or unpleasant odour, etc.) + –osus (-ous)
EXAMPLE
“…Incense, and Nidorous Smells, (such as were of Sacrifices,) were thought to Intoxicate the Braine, and to dispose Men to Devotion: Which they may doe, by a kinde of Sadnesse, and Contristation of the Spirits, And partly also by Heating, and Exalting them. …”
From: Sylva sylvarum; or, A Naturall Historie
By Francis Bacon, 1626
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