31 December 2017

halitosis

[hal-i-toh-sis]

noun

1. a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.

Origin of halitosis

1870-1875 From New Latin, dating back to 1870-75; See origin at halitus, -osis

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Examples from the Web for halitosis

Contemporary Examples

Otherwise the halitosis of the old, their extreme make up and the heavy jewels they wear on their tired ears, get in the way.
The 10 Rules of Kissing Hello
Claire Howorth
September 4, 2010

Anagram

Haiti loss
hoist sail
it so hails

Today’s quote

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

– Anne Frank

On this day

31 December – the seventh day of the 12 days of Christmas (Western Christianity).

31 December 1948 – birth of Disco star, Donna Summer. Died 17 May 2012.

31 December 1967 – Evel Knievel unsuccessfully attempts a motorcycle jump over the fountains of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. He received concussion and numerous broken bones, which left him in a coma for 29 days.

31 December 2007 – Murder statistics in the United States reveal that murder rate is 0.055 per head of population, which is slightly less than it was in 1947, when the rate was 0.0551. The population in 1947 was 145,000,000 and there were 8,000 murders. In 2007, the population was 300,000,000 and there were 16,500 murders.