单词 | odorable |
释义 | odorableadj. Able to be smelled; perceptible to the sense of smell.In later use frequently as a pun on adorable. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] strongOE savouringc1384 breatheda1398 flairinga1400 smellinga1400 odorifere?a1425 odorous?a1425 smellablec1449 odoranta1465 odoriferousc1487 odiferousa1500 odoureda1500 odiferant1509 redolent?a1513 reflairing1523 odoriferantc1550 scenting1577 odorable1589 breathful1593 fat1598 olent1607 smelled1617 odorific1685 tainted1704 odourful1889 osmic1912 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. i. 53 The audible [is measured] by stirres, times and accents: the odorable by smelles of sundry temperaments. 1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies viii. 125 The directly visible or odorable Expirations of Bodies. 1851 Sci. Amer. 16 Aug. 378/1 If ever our odorable house of glass [sc. the Crystal Palace] becomes a strong, steaming, suffocating jardin d'hiver, it will be a capital thing for the apothecaries:..it will be the walk if not the dance of death to frequent it. 1945 T. Pierce (title of film) Odor-able Kitty. 2002 omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu 19 July (O.E.D. Archive) The adorable and odorable Venus who was wont to leave behind her an exquisite perfume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589 |
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