odorous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: o=dor=ous

CIDE DICTIONARY

odorous, a. [L. odorus, fr. odor odor: cf. OF. odoros, odoreux.].

 Having or emitting an odor or scent, esp. a sweet odor; fragrant; sweet-smelling.  Keble.  [1913 Webster]
"Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

odorous, adj.
1 having a scent.
2 = ODORIFEROUS.

Derivative

odorously adv.

Etymology

L odorus fragrant (as ODOUR)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

odorous

Odor

N odor, smell, odorament, scent, effluvium, emanation, exhalation, fume, essence, trail, nidor, redolence, sense of smell, scent, act of smelling, olfaction, olfactories, fragrance, odorant, bloodhound, hound, spoor, odorous, odoriferous, smelling, reeking, foul-smelling, strong- scented, redolent, graveolent, nidorous, pungent, putrid, foul, olfactory, quick-scented.