olfactibleadj.

Brit.

/ɒlˈfaktɪbl/, U.S.

/ɑlˈfæktəb(ə)l/,

/oʊlˈfæktəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1700s olefactible, 1800s olfactable, 1800s– olfactible.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin olfact- , olfacere , -ible suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin olfact-, past participial stem of olfacere to smell (see olfacient n.) + -ible suffix. Compare post-classical Latin olfatibilis (13th cent. in a British source).In form olefactible , after classical Latin olefacere, variant of olfacere . With form olfactable compare -able suffix.

Now rare.

Capable of being smelled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > perceptible by scent

in the windc1425

olfactiblec1705

sniffable1975

c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 476 Gustable & olefactible perceptions.

1825 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. Jan. 188 Palpable virulence! he might as well have called it olfactable virulence.

1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large 2/1 As our world is mainly a world of visible objects, theirs [sc. ants'], I believe, is mainly a world of olfactible things.

1957 New Biol. 22 77 On the other hand we have visible, audible or olfactible changes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	olfactible
释义	olfactibleadj. Brit. /ɒlˈfaktɪbl/, U.S. /ɑlˈfæktəb(ə)l/, /oʊlˈfæktəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1700s olefactible, 1800s olfactable, 1800s– olfactible. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin olfact- , olfacere , -ible suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin olfact-, past participial stem of olfacere to smell (see olfacient n.) + -ible suffix. Compare post-classical Latin olfatibilis (13th cent. in a British source).In form olefactible , after classical Latin olefacere, variant of olfacere . With form olfactable compare -able suffix. Now rare. Capable of being smelled. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > perceptible by scent in the windc1425 olfactiblec1705 sniffable1975 c1705 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 476 Gustable & olefactible perceptions. 1825 J. S. Mill in Westm. Rev. Jan. 188 Palpable virulence! he might as well have called it olfactable virulence. 1881 G. Allen Evolutionist at Large 2/1 As our world is mainly a world of visible objects, theirs [sc. ants'], I believe, is mainly a world of olfactible things. 1957 New Biol. 22 77 On the other hand we have visible, audible or olfactible changes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1705
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