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Odorous

adjective

(Written also odourous)

Having odor or a characteristic odor. "Odorous garbage" , "Fresh odorous bread"

Emitting an odor. Synonym: odoriferous.

Having a natural fragrance. Synonyms: odoriferous, perfumed, scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling. "The odorous air of the orchard" , "The perfumed air of June" , "Scented flowers"

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"Odorous" Quotes from Famous Books

... far end of the platform, facing the dark of the pine-clad ravines. Deep, odorous breaths of night wind came sighing ...

— A Touch Of Sun And Other Stories • Mary Hallock Foote

... civilization again. The view was shut in. The trees waved overhead and stretched along the road endlessly, too thick for the eye to penetrate far. The coach rumbled on monotonously. The smell of pines and other green things came sweet and odorous, but the day was hot, and everything was dry; the dust rose and the sunbeams poured down. Wych Hazel languished for a change. Only a red squirrel now and then reminded her what a lively life she led a day or two ...

— Wych Hazel • Susan and Anna Warner

... smoked-grey-shot-with-flame-colour frockcoat, his velvet waistcoat, his satin tie, and his exquisitely fitting breeches, while from his neatly brushed pate, as again and again he struck his hand against his forehead, there came an odorous whiff ...

— Dead Souls • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... at a distance, a strong sulphurous odor is perceived; but there is a delightful coolness as we sit down upon the benches which are placed around the area of the cupola. Several Vermont officers greeted our friends as they approached, offering the odorous drink to the lady. There are two springs or vats within the cupola, each inclosed by marble sides; and the water stands so high that we may dip it ourselves, thus dispensing with the necessity of the "dippers," such as take our dimes ...

— Three Years in the Sixth Corps • George T. Stevens

... two-billionth of a milligram of mercaptan, which is the vilest smelling compound that man has so far invented. If you do not know how much a milligram is consider a drop picked up by the point of a needle and imagine that divided into two billion parts. Also try to estimate the weight of the odorous particles that guide a dog to the fox or warn a deer of the presence of man. The unaided nostril can rival the spectroscope in the detection and analysis ...

— Creative Chemistry - Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries • Edwin E. Slosson

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