odorate

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/ˈəʊdəɹət/

adjective

odorous

OriginLatin odoratus →
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Meanings

adjectiveodorate (comparative more odorate, superlative most odorate)

comparative more odorate · superlative most odorate

  1. obsoleteodorous

    where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
nounodorate (plural odorates)

plural odorates

  1. obsoleteA fragrant substance; perfume.

    A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]

    1684, Thomas Browne, Musaeum Clausum
    1 more example

    And must this be our exercise to trample the beautiful banks and the florid meadows of famous Trent, to rifle her fords for diversion, and sweeten our senses with fragrant odorates that perfume the air?

    1821, Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland

Origin

  1. Latinodoratus
  2. Englishodorate

From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dorotea
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APA

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MLA

“odorate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odorate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odorate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odorate.

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