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odorate

/ˈəʊdəɹət/

odorate adjective: odorous.

Adjective

odorate (comparative more odorate, superlative most odorate)

  1. (obsolete) odorous
    • where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Noun

odorate (plural odorates)

  1. (obsolete) A fragrant substance; perfume.
    • A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]1684, Thomas Browne, Musaeum Clausum
    • And must this be our exercise to trample the beautiful banks and the florid meadows of famous Trent, to rifle her fords for diversion, and sweeten our senses with fragrant odorates that perfume the air?1821, Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland

odorate meaning in Bengali

odorate in Bengali

সুগন্ধি, একটি সুগন্ধি পদার্থ, পারফিউম

Forms of odorate

Adjective
comparativemore odorate
superlativemost odorate
Noun
pluralodorates

Origin of odorate

From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).

Words formed from odorate

Questions about odorate

What does odorate mean?
Odorate means odorous.
What is odorate in Bengali?
Odorate in Bengali is সুগন্ধি, একটি সুগন্ধি পদার্থ, পারফিউম. See Odorate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is odorate?
Odorate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce odorate?
Odorate is pronounced /ˈəʊdəɹət/.

Words near odorate in the dictionary

  1. odor prism
  2. odorament
  3. odoraments
  4. odorant
  5. odorants
  6. odorate
  7. odorates
  8. odoratin
  9. odorating
  10. odorative
  11. odoratol

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