gravéolence

gravéolence

⇒GRAVÉOLENCE, subst. fém.
Littér. Mauvaise odeur, puanteur. En même temps que changeait son destin, son âme se trouva miraculeusement purifiée (...) de la gravéolence des banlieues infâmes où s'étaient pourries les tristes fleurs de sa misérable enfance (BLOY, Femme pauvre, 1897, p. 20).
Prononc. : []. Étymol. et Hist. 1611 (COTGR.). Empr. au lat. graveolentia « mauvaise odeur » de graveolens, v. gravéolent.

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