odoriferous

English

Alternative forms

• odouriferous

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

odoriferous (comparative more odoriferous, superlative most odoriferous)

1. Having an odor or fragrance.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.3.1.III:

     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 smelled a filthy stinke.

   • 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.

   • 2018 "Magical Beefery Tour", The Adventures of Kid Danger

     Frankini disguised as Mr. Beefo: "Who wants to get out and smell that wet beef?"
     Captain Man: "Me, I do, Me! Oh yes, so odoriferous!"

Synonyms

• odiferous
• odorous

Derived terms

• odoriferously
• odoriferousness

Translations

having an odor — see odorous