fumette

English

Alternative forms

• fumet

Etymology

French fumet (“odour of wine or meat”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”). See fume.

Noun

fumette

1. (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

• “fumette”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From fumer +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.mɛt/

• Audio (Paris):

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Noun

fumette f (plural fumettes)

1. (informal, uncountable) cannabis smoking (the activity of smoking cannabis cigarettes)
2. (slang) toke (of cannabis cigarette)

Further reading

• “fumette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.