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Definition of Odour
1. Noun. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form. "She loved the smell of roses"
Generic synonyms: Aesthesis, Esthesis, Sensation, Sense Datum, Sense Experience, Sense Impression
Specialized synonyms: Scent, Aroma, Fragrance, Perfume, Scent, Fetor, Foetor, Malodor, Malodour, Mephitis, Reek, Stench, Stink, Acridity
Derivative terms: Odorize, Odourise, Smell, Smell, Smell
2. Noun. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
Generic synonyms: Property
Specialized synonyms: Bouquet, Fragrance, Fragrancy, Redolence, Sweetness, Fetidness, Foulness, Malodorousness, Rankness, Stinkiness, Muskiness, Rancidness
Attributes: Odorous, Inodorous, Odorless, Odourless
Derivative terms: Aromatic, Aromatise, Aromatize, Odorize, Odorous, Odourise, Scent, Scent, Smell, Smell, Smelly
Definition of Odour
1. Noun. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Odour
1. odor [n -S] : ODOURFUL [adj] - See also: odor
Medical Definition of Odour
1. A volatile emanation that is perceived by the sense of smell. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Odour
Literary usage of Odour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pneumonia: Its Supposed Connection, Pathological and Etiological, with by René La Roche (1854)
"odour of the surface peculiar in some malarial diseases; not so in pneumonia.—Nor
do we find that the two diseases approximate much more closely in respect ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"For example, the lower fatty aldehydes have unpleasant odours, those with ten
carbon atoms (and also double linkages, which in itself may affect odour) form ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The musky odour from which it derives its name в due to the secretion of a ...
This odour is и powerful and penetrating that it is popularly believed in ..."
4. On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1848)
"In a case reported by Mr. Nunneley, two could perceive an odour about the nostrils
of the deceased, in lees than «a-hours after death, and two could not! ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1831)
"odour of Musk.—M. BLIT has found that the golden ... The kermes mineral converts
the peculiar odour of musk into an alliaceous one. ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Some are certainly unpleasant, having the odour of onions or garlick—to ...
Some, as our common mushroom, give forth an odour which ..."
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