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odouret
Noun
odouret (plural odourets)
- a faint smell (rare) (obsolete)
1825, Francesco Redi, translated by Leigh Hunt, Bacchus in Tuscany, line 527:He makes very sweet perfumes,
And fumigations for your rooms;
He makes powderets,
He makes odourets,
And all for certain marvellously;
References
Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. “odouret (n.),” July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/3827717087 (soft paywall).
Google Groups: Dixonary, thread “Round 3464 ODOURET results”, 2024-07-13