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odoriferous

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o·dor·if·er·ous  (d-rfr-s)
adj.
Having or giving off an odor.
odor·ifer·ous·ly adv.
odor·ifer·ous·ness n.
odoriferous
Adjective
Formal having or giving off a pleasant smell
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Adj.1.odoriferous - morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"
unsavory, unsavoury, offensive - morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"
2.odoriferous - emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
odorous
ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
3.odoriferousodoriferous - having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers"
sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, perfumed, scented, odorous, sweet
fragrant - pleasant-smelling
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Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
But the scullery you would not care to see; it is greasy, dirty, and odoriferous, while the stairs are in rags, and the walls so covered with filth that the hand sticks fast wherever it touches them.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
No; without a gown, in a shift that was somewhat of the coarsest, and none of the cleanest, bedewed likewise with some odoriferous effluvia, the produce of the day's labour, with a pitchfork in her hand, Molly Seagrim approached.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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