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Definition of Body odour
1. Noun. Malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe.
Generic synonyms: Fetidness, Foulness, Malodorousness, Rankness, Stinkiness
Definition of Body odour
1. Noun. The unpleasant smell emitted by a person's body, caused by bacteria multiplied by sweat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Odour
Literary usage of Body odour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diseases of Sedentary and Advanced Life: A Work for Medical and Lay Readers by John Milner Fothergill (1885)
"... investment keeps the body warm in cold weather,—-while the smell of the carbolic
acid covers the body odour. ..."
2. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"Another example; "I am really sorry to have to say this, but did you notice the
way that girl reacted when she smelt your body odour?" 13) THROWING THE BALL ..."
3. Japanese Physical Training: The System of Exercise, Diet, and General Mode by Harrie Irving Hancock (1904)
"Every one about him will be perspiring freely, yet there will be not the faintest
disagreeable body odour. Though the surface health of the body is so well ..."
4. Diseases of the Bladder, Prostate Gland, and Urethra: Including a Practical by Frederick James Gant (1884)
"Observe the colour, clearness or turbidity, any deposit or foreign body, odour,
and specific gravity ..."
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