odoriferous
adjective
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Definition of odoriferous
1
: yielding an odor : odorous
2
: morally offensive
odoriferous legislation
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The odoriferous offender is the manufacturer of inflation data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "The Canard About Falling Incomes," 3 June 2018 In both trees, and in many other odoriferous species, the chemical source of the scent may be the same. — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, "What Gives the Sycamore Its Smell?," 31 July 2017 Despite the infamous reputation of the spiky, odoriferous... — Charles Passy, WSJ, "Chefs No Longer Turning Up Their Noses at Pungent Durian," 27 Jan. 2017 Periodic attempts to build canals around the waterfalls brought slow-moving, stagnant, odoriferous waters that seemed to symbolize the inertia of government. — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, "Draining the Swamp," 19 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'odoriferous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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