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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
odoriferous
adjective
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▪ A number of reporters have concluded that at the very least, his trial was a pretty odoriferous piece of business.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Odoriferous

Odoriferous \O`dor*if"er*ous\, a. [L. odorifer; odor odor + ferre to bear. See Odoe, and 1st Bear.] Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes.
--Milton. [1913 Webster] -- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv.
-- O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
odoriferous

early 15c., "that has a scent," with -ous + Latin odorifer "spreading odor, fragrant," literally "bearing odor," from odor (see odor) + ferre "to bear, carry" (see infer). Usually in a positive sense.

Wiktionary
odoriferous

a. Having an odor or fragrance.

WordNet
odoriferous
  1. adj. morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"

  2. giving off an odor; "the odoriferous elements in perfume"

  3. emitting an odor; "odoriferous blossoms"; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack" [syn: odorous]

  4. having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: odorous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]

Usage examples of "odoriferous".

Christians and dead brutes, and purified by the odoriferous introduction of gas water and puddle water, joined to a pleasant and healthy amalgamation of all the impurities of the common sewers.

But was the humble Ali Baba embittered because his front walk was now heavily soiled and odoriferous?

To Hylas, the market was a place of infinite possibility, full of fascinating smells and even more interesting and odoriferous objects.

In her right hand shee had a timbrell of brasse, which gave a pleasant sound, in her left hand shee bare a cup of gold, out of the mouth whereof the serpent Aspis lifted up his head, with a swelling throat, her odoriferous feete were covered with shoes interlaced and wrought with victorious palme.

An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency for juveniles amatory whom the odoriferous flambeaus of the paranymphs have escorted to the quadrupedal proscenium of connubial communion.

Strangers to the name and properties of that odoriferous gum, the Saracens, mistaking it for salt, mingled the camphire in their bread, and were astonished at the bitterness of the taste.

An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency for juveniles amatory whom the odoriferous flambeaus of the paranymphs have escorted to the quadrupedal proscenium of connubial communion.

Now I appeal to you, who have got rid of these Bushmen, and who know so well how odoriferous is the skin of a Hottentot, whether a lion's nose is not much more likely to be attracted by one of either of these tribes of people, than it would by either you or me.

I would have created too much of a stir in the little tavern, where the concerned old proprietor and his two hulking and silent nephews remained awake and smoking their odoriferous pipes only on account of the august presence of the local lord-who was getting as drunk as a lord.

I would have created too much of a stir in the little tavern, where the concerned old proprietor and his two hulking and silent nephews remained awake and smoking their odoriferous pipes only on account of the august presence of the local lord - who was getting as drunk as a lord.

No matter where he went in the City, there was an odoriferous mix of food and vehicles, like the alchemic concoctions of some mad gourmet mechanic: Kung Pao Saab Turbo, Buick Skylark Carbonara, Sweet-and-Sour Metro Bus, Honda Bolognese with Burning Clutch Sauce.

It was just Bill Tuggle, odoriferous, hung over, and standing with his knees slightly bent, as if someone had filled the crotch of his underpants with chicken salad and he'd just realized it.