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stink

/sˈtɪŋk/STINGK
/sˈtɪŋk/STINGK

Meaningsmelling

Common meaning: to smell bad

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishstincansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishstinkensource
  3. Englishstink‘to smell bad’ · 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 stincan ‘smelling’.

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

Roots

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