outhousey

English

Etymology

From outhouse +‎ -y.

Adjective

outhousey (comparative more outhousey, superlative most outhousey)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of an outhouse.
    • 1996, Lynn Kurland, chapter 3, in A Dance Through Time, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, page 33:
      Then there was the smell in the room. She was the first to admit that during writing fits her unrinsed dishes stacked up until they reeked, but this wasn’t the same kind of smell at all. This was stale, sweaty and a bit on the outhousey side.
    • 2006, Terry Griggs, Invisible Ink, Vancouver, B.C.: Raincoast Books, →ISBN, page 89:
      A rotten eggs, decaying matter and piquant, outhousey, je ne sais quois fragrance radiated off her in noxious waves.
    • 2013, Bernardine Bishop, Unexpected Lessons in Love, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 387:
      The attic was so big, so quiet, so bare and so neat. It had its own smell – slightly musty and outhousey, but pleasant.
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