Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to Matter
Section III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
(4) Odor
398. Odor.
NOUN:
ODOR or odour, smell, odorament [obs.], scent, effluvium; emanation, exhalation; fume, essence, trail, nidor [obs.], redolence.
SCENT; sense of smell; act of smelling &c. v.; olfaction, olfactories.
VERB:
HAVE AN ODOR &c. n.; smell, - of, - strong of; exhale, effluviate [rare]; give out a smell &c. n.; scent.
SMELL, scent; snuff, - up; sniff, nose, inhale.
ADJECTIVE:
ODOROUS, odorant [rare], odoriferous; smelling, strong-scented, effluvious, redolent, nidorous, pungent.
[RELATING TO THE SENSE OF SMELL] olfactory, olfactive, olfactible or olfactable; quick-scented.
QUOTATIONS:
Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest.—Milton
Smells are surer than sounds or sights To make your heart-strings crack.—Kipling
