perfumelessadj.
/ˈpəːfjuːmləs/, U.S. /ˈpərˌfjumləs/, /ˌpərˈfjumləs/ Unscented; having or wearing no perfume.
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unsmellingc1440
savourless1552
scentless1605
smell-lessa1625
inodorate1626
vapidc1750
unfetid1755
unscented1785
unsmelled1812
odourless1836
perfumeless1854
incenseless1856
deodorized1875
1854 Southern Literary Messenger June 374/1 Last night there fell from my Bible these jessamines. The colour has forsaken them and they are perfumeless.
a1861 D. Gray Poet. Wks. (1874) 80 Barren and perfumeless, my name expires.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 1/3 Another perfumer with a quick eye for business, grasped the situation of perfumeless Paris in an instant.
1912 F. B. Money-Coutts Psyche 21 Not yet by pampering culture reft of scent, Poor dumb perfumeless flowers.
1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 July G 1 Supermarkets seem to have more than their usual share of hard, green, perfumeless peaches.
2002 Times Herald (Port Huron) (Nexis) 26 Jan. 6 c Maybe going perfumeless in Martin Luther's day worked because everybody smelled equally repulsive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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