odoriferous

English

Alternative forms

• odouriferous

Etymology

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

Adjective

odoriferous (comparative more odoriferous, superlative most odoriferous)

1. Having an odor or fragrance.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• odorous

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