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smolder

n.
US //ˈsmoʊɫdɝ// smol·der Archaic
Origin

From Middle English smolderen (“to suffocate, stifle”), from Middle English smolder (“smoke, smoky vapour”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic smolōn (“to burn, glow, fume, smoulder”). Related to Proto-West Germanic smallijan (> English smell).

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