In case you need a word for a really meaty burp — and what nine-year-old doesn’t? — 18th-century lexicographer Samuel Johnson has you covered. In his 1755 dictionary, he defines nidorosity as “eructation with the taste of undigested roast-meat.” Deriving from Latin nidor, meaning “a rich, strong smell from cooked food,” the word nidorosity is rarely used today. Eructation is a synonym for “burp” and is related to the word “erupt.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Nidorosity”
If you ever need a word for a really meaty burp?
No.
Well, if you do, the word is nidorosity.
Spell that, please.
N-I-D-O-R-O-S-I-T-Y, nidorosity.
Well, I’m pescatarian these days, so I won’t be needing that, thanks.
Well, I’m not sure what that word would be, but the Latin word nidor is a vapor or a steam or a smell from anything that’s roasted or burned.
Wow.
And, yeah, Samuel Johnson included niderosity in his 1755 dictionary.
He defined it as eructation with the taste of undigested roast meat.
Erectation.
Wow.
Your definition should not be more difficult than the word you’re defining.
Well, that was for all the nine-year-olds out there.
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