odouret

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odouret

Noun

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odouret (plural odourets)

  1. a faint smell (rare) (obsolete) [1825]
    • 1825, Francesco Redi, translated by Leigh Hunt, Bacchus in Tuscany‎[1], line 527:
      He makes very sweet perfumes,
      And fumigations for your rooms;
      He makes powderets,
      He makes odourets,
      And all for certain marvellously;

References

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Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “odouret (n.),” July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3827717087 (soft paywall).

Google Groups: Dixonary, thread “Round 3464 ODOURET results”, 2024-07-13

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