odorless
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dər noun
1.
the property of a substance that activates the sense of smell: to have an unpleasant odor.
2.
a sensation perceived by the sense of smell; scent.
3.
an agreeable scent; fragrance.
4.
a disagreeable smell.
5.
a quality or property characteristic or suggestive of something: An odor of suspicion surrounded his testimony.
Also, especially British, odour.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin
Related forms
o·dor·ful, adjective
o·dor·less, adjective
Synonyms
3. aroma, redolence, perfume. Odor, smell, scent, stench all refer to sensations perceived through the nose by the olfactory nerves. Odor and smell in literal contexts are often interchangeable. Figuratively, odor also usually occurs in positive contexts: the odor of sanctity. Smell is the most general and neutral of these two terms, deriving connotation generally from the context in which it is used: the tempting smell of fresh-baked bread; the rank smell of rotting vegetation. In figurative contexts smell may be either positive or negative: the sweet smell of success; a strong smell of duplicity pervading the affair. Scent refers either to delicate and pleasing aromas or to faint, barely perceptible smells: the scent of lilacs on the soft spring breeze; deer alarmed by the scent of man. Stench is strongly negative, referring both literally and figuratively to what is foul, sickening, or repulsive: the stench of rotting flesh; steeped in the stench of iniquity and treason.
3. aroma, redolence, perfume. Odor, smell, scent, stench all refer to sensations perceived through the nose by the olfactory nerves. Odor and smell in literal contexts are often interchangeable. Figuratively, odor also usually occurs in positive contexts: the odor of sanctity. Smell is the most general and neutral of these two terms, deriving connotation generally from the context in which it is used: the tempting smell of fresh-baked bread; the rank smell of rotting vegetation. In figurative contexts smell may be either positive or negative: the sweet smell of success; a strong smell of duplicity pervading the affair. Scent refers either to delicate and pleasing aromas or to faint, barely perceptible smells: the scent of lilacs on the soft spring breeze; deer alarmed by the scent of man. Stench is strongly negative, referring both literally and figuratively to what is foul, sickening, or repulsive: the stench of rotting flesh; steeped in the stench of iniquity and treason.
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odor (ˈəʊdə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the US spelling of odour | |
| 'odorless | |
| —adj | |
| odour or odor (ˈəʊdə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell |
| 2. | a pervasive quality about something: an odour of dishonesty |
| 3. | repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour) |
| [C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein] | |
| odor or odor | |
| —n | |
| [C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein] | |
| 'odourless or odor | |
| —adj | |
| 'odorless or odor | |
| —adj | |
| odour or odor (ˈəʊdə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the property of a substance that gives it a characteristic scent or smell |
| 2. | a pervasive quality about something: an odour of dishonesty |
| 3. | repute or regard (in the phrases in good odour, in bad odour) |
| [C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein] | |
| odor or odor | |
| —n | |
| [C13: from Old French odur, from Latin odor; related to Latin olēre to smell, Greek ōzein] | |
| 'odourless or odor | |
| —adj | |
| 'odorless or odor | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
odor
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. odour, from O.Fr. odor (Fr. odeur), from L. odorem (nom. odor) "smell, scent," from PIE *od- (cf. L. olere "emit a smell, to smell of," with Sabine -l- for -d-; Gk. ozein "to smell;" Armenian hotim "I smell;" Lith. uodziu "to smell"). Odorous "fragrant" (1550) is from M.L. odorosus,
from L. odorus "having a smell," from odor. Good or bad odor, in ref. to repute, estimation, is from 1835. Odor of sanctity (1756) is from Fr. odeur de sainteté (17c.) "sweet or balsamic scent said to be exhaled by the bodies of eminent saints at death or upon disinterment."
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Medical Dictionary
odor o·dor (ō'dər)
n.
The property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates, or is perceived by the sense of smell.
A sensation, stimulation, or perception of the sense of smell.
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As it is colourless and odorless, it has been described as very easy to add to drinks.
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