olfactory
adjective
of or relating to the sense of smell.
olfactories
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pluralof olfactory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Old sailors who have cruised with cargoes of cattle, of green hides, and of guano, say that nothing that ever offended the olfactories of man equals the stench of a right-whaler on her homeward voyage.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
Little is now left of the original building with the exception of the ancient kitchens, and these, with their half-dozen great ventilating shafts, give one the impression that those doughty old warriors had sensitive olfactories.
From In Château Land by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
To his olfactories it is the perfume of Araby.
From The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure by Mayne Reid
I conclude that our friend had his nest somewhere near and was disturbed by the fire, and his olfactories excited by the smell of the broiled fish.
From The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada by William Henry Giles Kingston
