fumette
English
Alternative forms
Noun
fumette
- (archaic) The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park:
- A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.
References
- “fumette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.mɛt/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Noun
fumette f (plural fumettes)
Further reading
- “fumette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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