odiferousness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

odiferous +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

odiferousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being odiferous.
    • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 230:
      Cab slowing and stopping in front of a tall yellow building. Shooting up out of the tenements. Wrack the mind for opening statements. Miss Tomson after all these empty weeks let me kiss your feet. They're clean. Or even if there's a slight odiferousness.