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Definition of odoriferous
1 : yielding an odor : odorous
2 : morally offensive odoriferous legislation
odoriferously
adverbodoriferousness
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Despite the infamous reputation of the spiky, odoriferous...
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Periodic attempts to build canals around the waterfalls brought slow-moving, stagnant, odoriferous waters that seemed to symbolize the inertia of government.
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First Known Use of odoriferous
15th century
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