scentful

English

Etymology

scent + -ful

Adjective

scentful (comparative more scentful, superlative most scentful)

  1. Having a pleasant scent; odorous.
    • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals:
      a scentful nosegay
    • 2014, Jeni Britton Bauer, Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream Desserts:
      Sweetened cream is a blank canvas upon which to build a scentful composition that will transport your guests to other places in time or space—through their noses!
  2. Having a keen sense of smell.
    • 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals:
      The scentful osprey by the rock had fish'd.

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