- a variation of odor.
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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"I felt pain. I barely recognised him. His body was badly decomposing," Ms Odour, 40, said about her husband Samuel Owino Owoyo.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
Ms Odour travelled to coastal area on 19 August to confirm her husband's death for herself.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025
But Ms Odour started to get suspicious when he did not contact her again.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 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
In the meantime the English army under Lord Wellington had advanced from Spain, invested Bayonne, and passed the Odour.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry
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