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单词 odorament
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odoramentn.

Brit. /ˈəʊd(ə)rəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈoʊdərəm(ə)nt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin odōrāmentum.
Etymology: < classical Latin odōrāmentum perfume < odōrāre to perfume (see odorant adj. and n.) + -mentum -ment suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French odorement (c1190; 1125 as odurement).
Now archaic and rare.
A substance used for its scent or perfume; an odoriferous or odorous substance; a perfume.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume
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c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) Apoc. xviii. 13 The marchaundise of hem..of odoramentis [a1425 L.V. swete smellinge thingis; L. odoramentorum] and oynementis, [etc.].
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxiv. 32 [In Epilepsy] it is good to quicken the senses with odoramentes.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. v. iii. i. 485 Fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments prescribed for the head.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ffv Pleasant Odoraments must needs be gratefull to the brain.
1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl I. xvi. 239 Dese are confections, electuaries, sirups, conserves, ointments, odoraments, cerates, and gargarisms, for de skin, for de stomach, for de pruises and wounds.
1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xi. 170 There were candles on the table in candlesticks of orichalc, and, in little bowls,..odoraments to smell to.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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