Today's Word "Odoriferous"
Published in Vocabulary
odoriferous \o-dih-ri-fehr-ehs\ (adjective) - Having or emitting an odor or (bad) smell. This word bears a pejorative (negative) connotation; the neutral term is "odorous."
"There is something odoriferous about Basil's schemes; I would stay away from them."
Latin odor "odor" + fero "(I) carry, bear." From Proto-Indo-European od- also found in Greek osmi; whence also oleo, olfacio "a smell, scent, odor." The same root that developed into Latin fer- gave us English "bear," "born," "birth," "burden" and Russian br-at' "take."
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