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stunkard

stunkard

9.9
A person who smells very bad and nobody wants to be near them
  • noun
  • Offensive
translation icon : apestoso (ofensivo, arcaico)

Examples

  • Stunkard, A. J. (1986). An adoption study of human obesity. New England Journal of Medicine, 314(4), 193-198.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Although the syndrome of morning anorexia, evening hyperphagia, and/or insomnia was first reported by Stunkard and his colleagues at least 60 years ago, lack of a standard definition has impeded recognition of NES comparison and comparison of study results.

    Academic text (2015)
  • -- Stunkard, A. J., Sorenson, T., & Schlusinger, F. (1983). Use of the Danish Adoption Register for the study of obesity and thinness. In S.S. Kety, L. P. Rowland, R. L.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Patients with early onset obesity have been reported to experience greater body image disturbance than individuals with late onset obesity (Stunkard & Burt, 1967), although Faubel (1989) argued that there is no difference between depression and body image disturbance in individuals who became obese early or later in life.

    Academic text (1993)
  • After the long hike, he realized he had become a bit of a stunkard due to his lack of showering.

  • Everyone avoided him at the party because he was known as a stunkard who never used deodorant.

  • The rumors about him being a stunkard circulated, especially after he skipped bathing for days.

Synonyms

smeller
vsstunkard
  • Offensive
1 8.6

A person with a strong, unpleasant body odor

is an older or dialect form rather than modern informal speech

Surface Forms

stunkard singular
stunkards plural

Morphology

stunkard = stink (transparent) = stink + ard

Formed from 'stink' + the agentive/pejorative suffix '-ard', so the meaning 'person characterized by a bad smell' follows directly.

Etymology

Stunkard comes from the old word stunk, which means 'to smell bad', plus the ending -ard, like in drunkard, which marks a person. So a stunkard is someone who 'stinks' or smells bad.