Odoriferous
/ˌoʊdəˈrɪfərəs/noun
Having or giving off a strong smell, especially an unpleasant one.
Did you know?Odoriferous comes from Latin odoriferus, built from odor (“smell”) + ferre (“to carry”), the same ancient root behind words like fertile and transfer.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰer-
“to carry, bear”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁ed- / *od-
“to smell, stink”
Latin
Latin
odor
“a smell, odor”
Latin
Latin
odorifer
“smell-bearing, fragrant”
Middle English
English
odoriferous
“having a smell; fragrant or foul-smelling”
Modern English
English
odoriferous
“having or giving off a strong smell”