odor

/ˈō-dər/

Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-French odur, borrowed from Latin odor (early Latin odōs), going back to *od-os-, s-stem derivative of a verbal base *od- (whence Latin oleō, olēre, also olō, olere “*odere), going back to Indo-European *hed-, whence Greek ózein "to smell, give off an odor," Armenian hot “úodžiu, úosti “

noun

  1. a quality of something that stimulates the olfactory organ : scent

  2. a sensation resulting from adequate stimulation of the olfactory organ : smell

  3. a characteristic or predominant quality : flavor

smell scent odor aroma mean the quality that makes a thing perceptible to the olfactory sense. smell implies solely the sensation without suggestion of quality or character. scent applies to the characteristic smell given off by a substance, an animal, or a plant.

noun

  1. an unpleasant smell from the body of a person who has been sweating or is not clean