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stench

/sˈtentʃ/STENCH
/sˈtɛntʃ/STENCH

Meaningan odour

Common meaning: a strong bad smell

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishstencsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishstenchsource
  3. Englishstench‘a strong bad smell’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English stenc ‘an odour’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STENCH, p. 595 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • stenc Old English “an odour”

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