Odorous

3 definitions found

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

  Odorous \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.
                                                    --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster] -- {O"dor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {O"dor*ous*ness},
     n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  odorous
       adj 1: having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine
              flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread"
              [ant: {odorless}]
       2: emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork
          and weevily hardtack" [syn: {odoriferous}]
       3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
          odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
          "scented flowers" [syn: {odoriferous}, {perfumed}, {scented},
           {sweet}, {sweet-scented}, {sweet-smelling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "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