odoriferous

  • 1Odoriferous — O dor*if er*ous, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See {Odoe}, and 1st {Bear}.] Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton. [1913 Webster] {O… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2odoriferous — (adj.) early 15c., that has a scent, with OUS (Cf. ous) + L. odorifer odoriferous, fragrant, lit. bearing odor, from odor (see ODOR (Cf. odor)) + ferre to bear, carry (see INFER (Cf. infer)). Usually in a positive sense …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3odoriferous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having an odour. ORIGIN from Latin odorifer odour bearing …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4odoriferous — [ō΄dər if′ər əs] adj. [ME < L odorifer: see ODOR & FEROUS] giving off an odor, now often, specif., a strong or offensive one odoriferously adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 5odoriferous — adjective Date: 15th century 1. yielding an odor ; odorous 2. morally offensive < odoriferous legislation > • odoriferously adverb • odoriferousness noun …

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  • 6odoriferous — adjective Having an odor or fragrance. The tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state. Syn: odorous …

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  • 7odoriferous substance — kvapioji medžiaga statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Malonaus kvapo organinis junginys. atitikmenys: angl. fragrant substance; odoriferous substance; odorous substance rus. душистое вещество; пахучее вещество …

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  • 8odoriferous — odoriferously, adv. odoriferousness, odoriferosity /oh deuh rif euh ros i tee/, n. /oh deuh rif euhr euhs/, adj. yielding or diffusing an odor. [1425 75; late ME < ML odoriferus smelling of (something), equiv. to odor ODOR + i I + ferus FEROUS]&#8230; …

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  • 9odoriferous — Having a scent, perfume, or odor. SYN: odorous. [odor + L. fero, to bear] * * * odor·if·er·ous .ōd ə rif (ə )rəs adj yielding an odor: ODOROUS * * * odor·if·er·ous (o&#8243;d&#601;r ifґ&#601;r &#601;s) [odor + ferous] fragrant; emitting an odor …

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  • 10odoriferous — o|do|rif|er|ous [ˌəudərˈıfərəs US ˌou ] adj old fashioned [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: odorifer carrying a smell ] ↑odorous …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

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