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Jan 8, 2026
This week’s theme
Words that look like misspelling

This week’s words
abjective
librate
psilanthropy
odorable

odorable
The Soul of the Rose, 1903
Art: John William Waterhouse

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odorable

PRONUNCIATION:
(OH-duhr-uh-buhl)

MEANING:
adjective: Able to be smelled.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin odor (smell). Earliest documented use: 1589.

USAGE:
“The skunks have also been an odorable nuisance at the kiosks in Sections 7 and 60.”
Chris Erskine; Fan of the House -- Creature Comfort at the Ballpark; Los Angeles Times; Aug 15, 2013.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors. -Lewis H. Lapham, editor and writer (8 Jan 1935-2024)

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