About The Word Odorous
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Odorous
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What's The Definition Of Odorous?
[adj] having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
[adj] emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack" [adj] having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread" Synonyms | Synonyms for Odorous: fragrant | malodorous | odoriferous | odourous | perfumed | redolent(p) | scented | smelling(p) | sweet | sweet-scented | sweet-smelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Odorous: ambrosial | aromatic | bad | bad-smelling | balmy | effluvious | essenced | fecal | fetid | flowery | foul | fragrant | frowsty | frowy | frowzy | fruity | fulsome | funky | fusty | gamy | graveolent | heady | high | ill-smelling | incense-breathing | malodorous | mephitic | miasmal | miasmic | mildewed | mildewy | moldy | musky | musty | nidorous | noisome | noxious | odorant | odorate | odored | odoriferous | offensive | olfactive | olfactory | olid | perfumed | perfumy | pungent | putrid | rancid | rank | reasty | reasy | redolent | reechy | reeking | reeky | repulsive | rotten | savory | scented | scentless | smellful | smelling | smellsome | smelly | spicy | stenchy | stinking | strong | stuffy | sulfurous | sweet | sweet-scented | sweet-smelling | thuriferous | vile See Also | Odorous In Webster's Dictionary \O"dor*ous\, a. [Written also {odourous}.] [L. odorus,
fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.]
Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor;
fragrant; sweet-smelling. ``Odorous bloom.'' --Keble.
Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.
--Spenser.
-- {O"dor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {O"dor*ous*ness}, n.
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