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odor

Latin

Variants

odorodour

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About This Root

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.

Associated Words

malodor

An unpleasant or offensive smell

GREC2

odoriferous

Having or giving off a noticeable smell

GREC2

odorless

Having no smell or scent

TOEFLC2

odour

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

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