urinous

urinous [yoo r-uh-nuh s] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.

Also u·ri·nose [yoo r-uh-nohs] /ˈyʊər əˌnoʊs/. Origin of urinous From the New Latin word ūrīnōsus, dating back to 1635–45. See urine, -ous Can be confusedUranus urinous Examples from the Web for urinous Historical Examples of urinous

If any of the last salt be present, the bread will have a yellowish colour, and a slightly alkaline or urinous flavour.

Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I

Arnold Cooley

This mixture he puts into a glass retort, and with a graduated fire draws off a very sharp, volatile, urinous spirit.

Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.

Pierre Joseph Macquer

Dead breaths I living breathe, tread dead dust, devour a urinous offal from all dead.

Ulysses

James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for urinous urinous urinose adjective

1. of, resembling, or containing urine