stinking
Pronunciation: /ˈstɪŋkɪŋ/
The English word “stinking” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having a pungent smell.
- Very bad and undesirable.
- Very drunk.
- An intensifier, a hypallage.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (“to stink”), equivalent to stink + -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende…
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