Noisome means offensively smelly. I've always assumed the word was something to do with noses, but as it happens it doesn't.
There are some things I do know, though, and one of those is that any moderately clean body wearing moderately clean clothes smells better than the industrial-strength deodorant/gels/perfumes presently designed for what I'm afraid I should now, in the currently fashionable usage, call the youth.
It makes me wonder whether the production of these unguents is a deliberate or accidental ploy to get the poor boys spurned by all self-respecting girls.
It works rather well, in any case.
Word To Use Today: noisome. This word is linked to the word annoy.
Which is fair enough.
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