olid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
evil-smelling; fetid.
Example Sentences
- "The febrile attack is usually somewhat severe in all its stages, the pricking sensation occurs during the hot fit, and is like that of pin-points struck into the skin; the sweat is copious, but proves by its sour and olid smell that it is a morbid secretion, and hence affords no relief."
- "An olid smell made the boy catch his breath."
- "It was dark and musty, the carpet giving off an olid smell of mildew."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃édeti Proto-Italic *odō Latin olō Latin oleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin olidusbor. English olid Borrowed from Latin olidus from olēre (“to smell”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more olid (comparative)
most olid (superlative)