English Explanatory Dictionary

odorous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having a distinctive odor.

Word forms

odorous more odorous most odorous odourous

Etymology

From Middle English odorous, from Medieval Latin odōrōsus, equivalent to odor + -ous.

Synonyms

odoriferous

Derived words

inodorous malodorous nonodorous odorous house ant odorously odorousness unodorous

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