odiferous

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UK/əʊˈdɪfəɹəs/UK/əʊˈdɪfɹəs/US/oʊˈdɪfəɹəs/US/oʊˈdɪfɹəs/

adjective

Odoriferous; smelly

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveodiferous (comparative more odiferous, superlative most odiferous)

comparative more odiferous · superlative most odiferous

  1. proscribedsometimesOdoriferous; smelly

    But as more fathers have taken hands-on roles in child rearing, tackling some of the grittier and more odiferous chores of parenthood […].

    2007 August 16, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “My Dad, American Inventor”, in New York Times
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    Smith had Miss Martin's hand. Speeding up one two three flights. Making one abrupt detour on the fourth. Where Smith pulled open a door just off the landing. "Into this mop closet, Miss Martin, fast." Feet outside the mop closet. Feet moving off again. Sounds like four pairs. Or five. Some of the rags in here are odiferous.

    1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 107, 108

    Emanating from 300 cheeses of 11 European countries, it quite overwhelms the odiferous tramp of American tourists, intent on completing their Burberried English look by tucking a Stilton under each arm; […]

    1985, Punch, volume 288, page 70

    19 May 2015, Ken Pontac, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, episode 41 (season 2 episode 15) The Ghost Behind the Throne Lord Betrayus Spheros (voiced by Samuel Vincent Khouth, speaking to President-elect Obtuse about his pet skunk) "Something smells rotten in the roundhouse, and it's not your odiferous pet!"

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APA

odiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odiferous

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