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Webster 1913 Edition

Odoriferous

Oˊdor-if′er-ous

,
Adj.
[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.
–
Oˊdor-if′er-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Oˊdor-if′er-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Odoriferous

ODORIF'EROUS

,
Adj.
[L. odoriferus; odor and fero, to bear.]
1.
Giving scent; diffusing fragrance; fragrant; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; as odoriferous spices; odoriferous flowers.
2.
Bearing scent; as odoriferous gales.

Definition 2024

odoriferous

odoriferous

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

odoriferous ‎(comparative more odoriferous, superlative most odoriferous)

  1. Having an odor or fragrance.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 77,
      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.

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Etymology

Latin, surface analysis is odor +‎ -iferous ‎(“bearing, carrying”)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

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