odour
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
odour /ˈəʊdə(r)/ (US odor)
▶noun
- 1 a distinctive smell.
- 2 a lingering quality or impression.
– phrases
be in good (or bad) odour informal be in or out of favour.
be in good (or bad) odour informal be in or out of favour.
– derivatives
odorize (or odorise) verb,
odorizer (or odoriser) noun,
odorous adjective,
odourless adjective.
odorize (or odorise) verb,
odorizer (or odoriser) noun,
odorous adjective,
odourless adjective.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from L. odor ‘smell’.
'odour' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetamide
- anise
- BO
- body odour
- effluvium
- give
- gladdon
- guaiacol
- hydrogen cyanide
- indole
- menthol
- nitrous oxide
- odor
- odorant
- odoriferous
- olfactometer
- osmic
- ptomaine
- pyridine
- relish
- smell
- stinkwood
