odouriferous
odouriferous is the obsolete form of odoriferous.
Meaning of odoriferous
Adjective
odoriferous (comparative more odoriferous, superlative most odoriferous)
- Having an odor or fragrance.
- Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter 1, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- aromatic, fragrant, odoriferant, odiferous, odorous
Forms of odouriferous
| comparative | more odouriferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most odouriferous |
Words that rhyme with odouriferous
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- culmiferous
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- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
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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 odouriferous
- What is odouriferous the obsolete form of?
- Odouriferous is the obsolete form of odoriferous.
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