odour
Americannoun
noun
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the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell
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a pervasive quality about something
an odour of dishonesty
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repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour )
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of odour
C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein
Example Sentences
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Ms Odour travelled to coastal area on 19 August to confirm her husband's death for herself.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
Ms Odour continues her agonising wait to learn the whereabouts of her two sons.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
The Kenyan government's chief pathologist, Johansen Odour, told Nation Africa the post-mortem examination on Mr Scott's body was inconclusive.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
Coined by scientists Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas in their 1964 article "Nature of Argillaceous Odour", published in the journal Nature.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2018
Odour of the brine made amends for miles of lodgings, for breaks laden with boisterous trippers, for tram cars and piano-organs.
From Our Friend the Charlatan by Gissing, George
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