odoriferant, a. Now rare.
(əʊdəˈrɪfərənt)
[a. F. odoriférant (c 1420 in Hatz.-Darm.), pr. pple. of odoriférer to smell, shed perfume; cf. med.L. odōriferens for cl. L. odōrifer.]
= odoriferous, odorous.
| 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 37 The sueit fragrant smel..of hoilsum balmy flouris maist odoreferant. 1578 Lyte Dodoens vi. lxxxiii. 764 White Rosen..which is moyst and odoriferant. 1604 E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 Cedars..some white, and some redde, very odoriferant. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Florist, Odoriferant or medicinal Drugs. 1892 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |