smell-smock
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A promiscuous man.
- (Britain) A plant, the cuckooflower or lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis).
- (Britain) A plant, the wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella).
Etymology
Compound from English smell + English smock (woman's undergarment).
Origin
English
smock
Gloss
woman's undergarment
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besmell English
- foresmell English
- outsmell English
- smell English
- smell-o-meter English
- smellable English
- smeller English
- smellest English
- smelleth English
- smellfungus English
- smelly English
- smock English
- smock-smelling English
- smockless English
- smocklike English
- smellen Middle English
- smok Middle English
- smel Tok Pisin
- smelim Tok Pisin
- smeri Sranan Tongo