urinous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of urinous
From the New Latin word ūrīnōsus, dating back to 1635–45. See urine, -ous
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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
Dead breaths I living breathe, tread dead dust, devour a urinous offal from all dead.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
The patient above described sometimes had a discharge of urine by the navel, and at other times by the rectum, and sometimes by urinous sweats.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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
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