Definition of Body odour

1. Noun. Malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe.

Exact synonyms: B.o., Body Odor
Generic synonyms: Fetidness, Foulness, Malodorousness, Rankness, Stinkiness

Definition of Body odour

1. Noun. The unpleasant smell emitted by a person's body, caused by bacteria multiplied by sweat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Body Odour

body horror
body image
body language
body languages
body length
body lice
body lotion
body louse
body mechanics
body modification
body modifications
body odor
body odors
body odour (current term)
body odours
body of caudate nucleus
body of clavicle
body of epididymis
body of fornix
body of gallbladder
body of hyoid bone
body of incus
body of ischium
body of mammary gland
body of mandible
body of maxilla

Literary usage of Body odour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diseases of Sedentary and Advanced Life: A Work for Medical and Lay Readers by John Milner Fothergill (1885)
"... investment keeps the body warm in cold weather,—-while the smell of the carbolic acid covers the body odour. ..."

2. Getting Off the Hook: Treatment of Drug Addiction and Social Disorders by Jurriaan Plesman (1986)
"Another example; "I am really sorry to have to say this, but did you notice the way that girl reacted when she smelt your body odour?" 13) THROWING THE BALL ..."

3. Japanese Physical Training: The System of Exercise, Diet, and General Mode by Harrie Irving Hancock (1904)
"Every one about him will be perspiring freely, yet there will be not the faintest disagreeable body odour. Though the surface health of the body is so well ..."

4. Diseases of the Bladder, Prostate Gland, and Urethra: Including a Practical by Frederick James Gant (1884)
"Observe the colour, clearness or turbidity, any deposit or foreign body, odour, and specific gravity ..."

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