different between malodorous vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• malodourous

Etymology

mal- +? odorous

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæl???.d?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæl?o?.d?.??s/

Adjective

malodorous (comparative more malodorous, superlative most malodorous)

1. Having a bad odor.

   There were tons of malodorous garbage bags outside her house.

2. (figuratively) Highly improper.

Synonyms

• (having a bad odor): foul, putrid, smelly, stinky, stenchy, fetid, funky, noisome, reeky, reeking, stinking, mephitic, foul-smelling, rank, rotten, smelly, vile, offensive; see also Thesaurus:malodorous

Antonyms

• (having a good odor): fragrant

Related terms

• malodor
• malodorously
• malodorousness

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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