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fumette

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

noun fumet

archaic The unpleasant odour or taste of old game meat. A haunch of venison made her sweat, / Unless it had the right fumette.

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@misc{fumette_2026,
  title = {fumette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fumette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}