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odiferousness

odiferousness noun: the quality of being odiferous.

Noun

odiferousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being odiferous.
    • Cab slowing and stopping in front of a tall yellow building. Shooting up out of the tenements. Wrack the mind for opening statements. Miss Tomson after all these empty weeks let me kiss your feet. They're clean. Or even if there's a slight odiferousness.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 230

Origin of odiferousness

From odiferous + -ness.

Questions about odiferousness

What does odiferousness mean?
Odiferousness means the quality of being odiferous.
What part of speech is odiferousness?
Odiferousness is a noun.

Words near odiferousness in the dictionary

  1. odic
  2. odically
  3. Odie
  4. odiferous
  5. odiferously
  6. odiferousness
  7. Odiham
  8. ODIHR
  9. odiid
  10. odiids
  11. Odin

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