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odor

Latin

smell, scent

Variants:odorodourod
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From Latin odor (smell, scent). A small but clear family: odour/odor (smell), odorless (without smell), odoriferous (carrying a smell), and malodor (bad smell). The British spelling odour preserves the Latin vowel pattern more closely than the American odor.

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odorless

Having no smell or scent

odoriferous

Having or giving off a noticeable smell

malodor

An unpleasant or offensive smell

odour

A smell, whether pleasant or unpleasant (British spelling of 'odor')