Odoriferous
/ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having an odor or fragrance.
"Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke."
Adjective
- 1 having a natural fragrance wordnet
- 2 emitting an odor wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke."
Etymology
From Latin. By surface analysis, odor + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous.