odoriferous
/ˌoʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Lewis the eleventh had a conceit everything did stinke about him, all the odoriferous perfumes they could get, would not ease him, but still hee^([sic]) smelled a filthy stinke."
- "True, the rich spices, the perfumed woods, the fragrant oils, which would feed the sacred fire of my funeral pyre, would save my mortal remains from that corruption which makes the disgust of death even worse than its dread. A few odoriferous ashes alone would be left for my urn."
- "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."
- "The males, and rarely the females, of many kinds of bats have glands and protrudable sacks situated in various parts; and it is believed that these are odoriferous."
- "While most fetishists were content to own any pair of tiny shoes, there remained a fanatical group more focused in their kinky desires, demanding shoes that were especially odoriferous."
- "Frankini disguised as Mr. Beefo: "Who wants to get out and smell that wet beef?" Captain Man: "Me, I do, Me! Oh yes, so odoriferous!""
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌoʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/
- British English: /ˌəʊdəˈɹɪfəɹəs/