Odoriferous means giving off an odor or being morally offensive.
Odoriferous means giving off an odor or being morally offensive.
| Front | odoriferous \o-duh-RIF-uhr-uhs\ |
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| Back | adjective: 1. Giving off an odor. 2. Morally offensive. [From Latin odor + -ferous (bearing), from ferre (to bear).] "Boys are fully aware of their odoriferous ways and are reluctant to change without the proper inspiration." - Curtis Weber; When Guiding Boys, Better to Open Your Heart Than Follow Your Nose; Kansas City Star; Mar 12, 2010. "It's dead certain that when Arnold Schwarzenegger walks out of the governor's Capitol office next January, he'll leave the odoriferous budget mess behind." - Dan Walters; Candidates All Agree on Silence; Sacramento Bee (California); Mar 14, 2010. |
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