olfact
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin olfactus, past participle of olfaciō (“smell”).
Verb
editolfact (third-person singular simple present olfacts, present participle olfacting, simple past and past participle olfacted)
- (transitive, rare) To smell.
- 1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:
- There is a Machiavelian plot,
(Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)
- There is a Machiavelian plot,
- 1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras: