odiferous
UK/əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/US/oʊˈdɪfəɹəs/
odiferous adjective: odoriferous; smelly.
Adjective
odiferous (comparative more odiferous, superlative most odiferous)
- Odoriferous; smelly
- Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast."
Feet outside the mop closet. Feet moving off again. Sounds like four pairs. Or five. Some of the...1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 107, 108 - Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]1985, Punch, volume 288, page 70
- Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast."
Forms of odiferous
| comparative | more odiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most odiferous |
Origin of odiferous
Shortened from odoriferous.
Words formed from odiferous
Words that rhyme with odiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about odiferous
- What does odiferous mean?
- Odiferous means odoriferous; smelly.
- What part of speech is odiferous?
- Odiferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce odiferous?
- Odiferous is pronounced /əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near odiferous in the dictionary
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