urinous

[ yoor-uh-nuhs ]

adjective

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

Origin of urinous

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

Also u·ri·nose [yoor-uh-nohs]. /ˈyʊər əˌnoʊs/.

Words that may be confused with urinous

Uranus, urinous

Words Nearby urinous

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How to use urinous in a sentence

You never really noticed the beauty of that magnolia tree around the corner from your house — until your dog insists on stopping and lingering to sniff and sniff the urinous scents left by other dogs.
Traveling through the pandemic in the company of dogs | Walter Nicklin | December 18, 2020 | Washington Post
Dead breaths I living breathe, tread dead dust, devour a urinous offal from all dead.
Ulysses | James Joyce
If any of the last salt be present, the bread will have a yellowish colour, and a slightly alkaline or urinous flavour.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
This mixture he puts into a glass retort, and with a graduated fire draws off a very sharp, volatile, urinous spirit.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. | Pierre Joseph Macquer

British Dictionary definitions for urinous

urinous

urinose

/ (ˈjʊərɪnəs) /

adjective

of, resembling, or containing urine

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