Odoriferousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odoriferous \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`dor*if"er*ous*ly}, adv.


     --{O`dor*if"er*ous*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]