单词 | odoriferous |
释义 | odoriferousadj. 1. Originally: that bears or diffuses a pleasant scent; sweet-smelling; fragrant. In later use: that has or emits a (pleasant or unpleasant) odour; strong-smelling; odorous. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] strongOE savouringc1384 breatheda1398 flairinga1400 smellinga1400 odorifere?a1425 odorous?a1425 smellablec1449 odoranta1465 odoriferousc1487 odiferousa1500 odoureda1500 odiferant1509 redolent?a1513 reflairing1523 odoriferantc1550 scenting1577 odorable1589 breathful1593 fat1598 olent1607 smelled1617 odorific1685 tainted1704 odourful1889 osmic1912 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 276 Such affluent abundaunce of so odoriferous spices Dame Nature hath accumylated and enriched theym with all. 1496 J. Alcock Mons Perfeccionis (de Worde) sig. Aiiv/2 The odoryferous & swete vyolettes of al obedyence. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 336 Of sauerys odoryferous was her sustynaunce. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 3 Their priests which they call Bramynes, haue expresse charge to wash this Idol with sweete water and odoriferous balmes. 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xi. lxii. 270 If odorifrous Sents he smelt, he fathers them on her. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd4 Odoriferous Powders..strewed upon cloaths, are properly called Catapasms. 1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 91 Her dead Body was surprisingly beautiful and odoriferous..and it remains odorous and uncorrupt to this Day. 1782 L. MacNally Retaliation i. 26 Its more vivifying than the perfumes of the Spice Islands, or the odoriferous breezes of Arabia Felix. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. iii. 55 Free air,—impregnated, however, with the odoriferous fumes of the articles in which the ship-chandler dealt. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. i. v. 137 The courts [were] strewed with odoriferous herbs and flowers. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Nov. 3/1 When..busy wharves take the place of the present muddy and odoriferous foreshore. 1944 Amer. Midland Naturalist 32 777 The odoriferous secretion is of foremost importance in the defense of these otherwise relatively vulnerable animals. 1971 ‘A. Cross’ Theban Mysteries viii. 120 Reed..rising and knocking out the tobacco from his pipe into Mr. O'Hara's already filled and odoriferous ashtray. 1991 C. Wildwood Aromatherapy (1992) (BNC) Odoriferous substances, such as essential oils, throw off molecules which are detected by the olfactory cells in the upper part of the nose. 2. figurative. In early use: pleasing; agreeable; good. Now (usually): unpleasant, disgusting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 ?1575 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. (new ed.) 388 That which was in youre lawe, cleare, nete, precious, and odoriferous. 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 11 Whose prayers and prayses is..oderiferouse..before the lorde. 1632 in T. Craig-Brown Hist. Selkirkshire (1886) I. 318 [I] cumitis your odiriferus and sueit person to the Allmightis protection. a1699 J. Beaumont Minor Poems, St. Stephen (1914) 144 What odoriferous Prayers from His beaten bruised Mouth doe come! How like an Incense Offring they To Gods owne Nostrills make their Way. 1715 S. Wesley Hist. Holy Bible ccxvi. 501 Those Balsam-bleeding Trees agen they know, Which odoriferous Health and Ease bestow. 1886 H. James Princess Casamassima I. ii. 31 A fine, blooming, odoriferous conceit is a natural appendage of youth. 1990 Newsday (Nexis) 2 Feb. (Weekend section) 7 ‘The whole operation stank like rotten eggs,’ says the narrator early in ‘Dog Tags’. The whole movie's not as odoriferous as that line would suggest, but it sure is an odd one. Derivatives ˌodoˈriferously adv. in an odoriferous manner; with respect to smell; fragrantly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [adverb] sootc1000 spice-likea1325 sweeta1325 softa1400 fragrantly?1521 sweetlya1547 odoriferously1601 nectarel1648 aromatically1657 ambrosially1826 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 95 It makes them smell so odoriferously. a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iii. 35 Their Markets smell odoriferously with Spices. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 283 The coffee generally roasting odoriferously in the street. 1990 18th-cent. Stud. 23 342 On the final page in this sequence we find Nathaniel Lee's character odoriferously renamed the ‘Princess of Clove’. ˌodoˈriferousness n. the quality or condition of being odoriferous; fragrance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant quality sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 redolence1447 suavityc1450 fragrancy1578 sweet1594 odoriferousness1599 fragrantness1600 muskiness1727 aromaticness1731 balsamicness1737 lightness1799 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 42/1 Yet ther may heervnto be addede, a little Muscke, for odoriferousnes. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 380 Would you have men taste the odoriferousness of those Aromaticks which you..have brought from the Indies? 1855 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. ii. x. 198 The atomic repulsion from which odoriferousness results, is one of the reactions consequent on the action of thermal force. 1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xix. 281 That sense of smell we've gotten,..it's more curse than a blessing, considering the strong odoriferousness of this world. 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. viii. 33/4 The risotto..was also good, if slightly guilty of truffle overkill and odoriferousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1487 |
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