fumette
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume.
Noun edit
fumette
- (archaic) The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood Park:
- A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.
References edit
- “fumette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fumette f (plural fumettes)
- (informal, uncountable) cannabis smoking (the activity of smoking cannabis cigarettes)
- (slang) toke (of cannabis cigarette)
Further reading edit
- “fumette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.