scented

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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verb (used without object)

to hunt by the sense of smell, as a hound.

Origin:
1325–75; (v.) earlier sent, Middle English senten < Middle French sentir to smell < Latin sentīre to feel; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v. Cf. sense

Related forms

scent·less, adjective

scent·less·ness, noun

non·scent·ed, adjective

out·scent, verb (used with object)

o·ver·scent·ed, adjective

un·scent·ed, adjective

well-scent·ed, adjective

Can be confused: cents, scents, sense.

Synonyms
1. See odor. 7. smell, sniff.

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scent (sɛnt)

—n
1.	a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one
2.	a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced
3.	a trail, clue, or guide
4.	an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting
5.	another word (esp Brit) for perfume

—vb
6.	(tr) to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell
7.	(tr) to have a suspicion of; detect: I scent foul play
8.	(tr) to fill with odour or fragrance
9.	(intr) (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell
10.	to smell (at): the dog scented the air

[C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentīre to feel; see sense]

'scented

—*adj*

'scentless

—*adj*

'scentlessness

—n

scent (sɛnt)

—n
1.	a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one
2.	a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced
3.	a trail, clue, or guide
4.	an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting
5.	another word (esp Brit) for perfume

—vb
6.	(tr) to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell
7.	(tr) to have a suspicion of; detect: I scent foul play
8.	(tr) to fill with odour or fragrance
9.	(intr) (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell
10.	to smell (at): the dog scented the air

[C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentīre to feel; see sense]

'scented

—*adj*

'scentless

—*adj*

'scentlessness

—n

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Word Origin & History

scent

c.1400, from O.Fr. sentir "to feel, perceive, smell," from L. sentire " to feel, perceive, sense" (see sense). Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. The noun is first recorded late 14c.

Almost always applied to agreeable odors.

Example sentences

Great scented forests all along the shore, which now are gone.

In any case, bees decoded his waggling robot's dance correctly and found the

scented baits that he had planted.

Avoid heavy makeup or strong scented perfume or spiked footwear.

Create your own scented pomander decoration from oranges or lemons.

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Matching Quote

"After which you led me to water
And bade me drink, which I did, owing to your kindness.
You would not let me out for two days and three nights,
Bringing me books bound in wild thyme and scented wild grasses
As if reading had any interest for me ..."

-John Ashbery