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urinous

American  
[yoor-uh-nuhs] / ˈjʊər ə nəs /
Also urinose

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.


urinous British  
/ ˈjʊərɪnəs /

adjective

  1. of, resembling, or containing urine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of urinous

From the New Latin word ūrīnōsus, dating back to 1635–45. See urine, -ous

Example Sentences

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They describe fecal, urinous, and other whiffy notes—which have been used in fine fragrance throughout history—as “like a sprinkle of salt on the chocolate chip cookie.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2021

For years, Herring has dealt with what court documents filed on her behalf describe as “odorous fecal and urinous mist” coming from the waste-spraying system on her neighbor Dwight Strickland’s hog operation.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2018

The membrane is thickened, reddened, rendered friable, and ultimately ulcerated, and the now narrowed sheath is blocked by the increasing mass of sebaceous and urinous material and the decomposing mucus and pus.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Thus the Colour of Violets seems to be of that Order, because their Syrup by acid Liquors turns red, and by urinous and alcalizate turns green.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

Such children may be ultimately attacked by indolent ulcers on the nates and lower extremities, the results of urinous excoriations.'

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)

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