Word of the Day – Nidor

* nidor (NY-dor or NY-duhr)

Plural – nidors

Meaning – Smell of burning meat or cooking

Etymology – Rod Evans in The Gilded Tongue traces the origins of nidor to the Greek knisa, knisÄ“ (smell of burnt sacrifice)

Usage:

Although we are no strangers to meat dishes and love our Biryani, we find the nidor inside a Pakistani restaurant nauseating.