odorous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having or giving off a noticeable or distinctive smell

   The room was filled with odorous smoke from the burning resin.

2. 2
   adj

   having a pleasant fragrance

   She gathered the most odorous flowers for a bedside bouquet.

From Middle English odorous, borrowed from Medieval Latin odorosus, from Latin odor ("smell, scent") + -osus ("full of"). The word can describe any noticeable smell, though literary use often favors a pleasant fragrance.

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