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odorous

[ oh-der-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

odorous

/ ˈəʊdərəs /

Origin of odorous¹

First recorded in 1540–50, odorous is from the Latin word odōrus “fragrant.” See odor, -ous

The old-fashioned composting toilets — which used to be called outhouses — were pretty odorous.

I’ve tested innumerable products, wasted a great deal of money, and ruined dozens of shirts while trying to solve my odorous problem.

They went a little unsteadily down the stone steps, a cold, damp air meeting them in the face, close and mal-odorous.

It worked one hand free of its odorous wrappings, spread four fat fingers wide apart over one eye, and chirped, "Pik-k?"

Ignoring the presence of his rival, Lamont passed aside and entered the scrub bush which fringed the odorous forest.

The old foreground of buckeye and odorous ceanothus was gone.

He moved on cautiously and turned into a little open, mossy spot, brown-matted and odorous, full of ferns and bluebells.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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