puer
- (intransitive) to stink, to smell (bad)
- (transitive) to stink of
- (figuratively, intransitive) to be awful; to be repulsive
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɥe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French puir (with a change in conjugation), from Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin pūtēre (also with a change in conjugation), present active infinitive of pūteō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *puH-.
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