- adjective
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- tasting or smelling bad because of staleness [Barron]
- offensive in odor or flavor; rank [Taisha]
- having the odor of stale fat [Nandigam]
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- WordNet:
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- Merriam-Webster Online:
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- MSN Encarta:
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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