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English
Etymology
From Latin odoratus, past participle of odorare (“to perfume”), from odor (“odor”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
odorate (comparative more odorate, superlative most odorate)
- (obsolete) odorous
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:where there is heat and strength enough in the plant to make the leaves odorate , there the smell of the flower is rather evanid and weaker than that of the leaves
Noun
odorate (plural odorates)
- (obsolete) A fragrant substance; perfume.
1684, Thomas Browne, Musaeum Clausum:A transcendent perfume made of the richest odorates of both the Indies, kept in a book made of the Muschie stone of Niarienburg […]
1821, Richard Franck, Northern Memoirs, Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland:And must this be our exercise to trample the beautiful banks and the florid meadows of famous Trent, to rifle her fords for diversion, and sweeten our senses with fragrant odorates that perfume the air?
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
odorate
- inflection of odorare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
odorate f pl
- feminine plural of odorato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
odōrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of odōrō