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odoriferant, a. Now rare.|əʊdəˈrɪfərənt| [a. F. odoriférant (c 1420 in Hatz.-Darm.), pr. pple. of odoriférer to smell, shed perfume; cf. med.L. odōriferens for cl. L. odōrifer.] = odoriferous, odorous.
1549Compl. Scot. vi. 37 The sueit fragrant smel..of hoilsum balmy flouris maist odoreferant. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxxiii. 764 White Rosen..which is moyst and odoriferant. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 Cedars..some white, and some redde, very odoriferant. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Florist, Odoriferant or medicinal Drugs. 1892in Syd. Soc. Lex. |