perfumy

[ noun pur-fyoom, per-fyoom; verb per-fyoom, pur-fyoom ]

SEE DEFINITION OF perfumy

as inodorous
as inscented
as insweet
as inperfumed
as infragrant

Antonyms for perfumy

odorless

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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PERFUMY

Thaine was sitting beside Leigh now, under the perfumy white honeysuckle blossoms.

Sophy received a silver Maltese Cross, and little Albinia a perfumy rose-leaf bracelet.

It was a warm, luxurious air, perfumy, breathing of that refinement which is possible to mere wealth.

WORD ORIGIN

1530s, "fumes from a burning substance," from Middle French parfum (16c.), from parfumer "to scent," from Old Provençal perfumar or cognate words in dialectal Italian (perfumare) or Spanish (perfumar), from Latin per- "through" (see per) + fumare "to smoke" (see fume (n.)). Meaning "fluid containing agreeable essences of flowers, etc.," is attested from 1540s.

MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PERFUMY

fragrant

adjectivesmelling pleasant

perfumed

adjectivearomatic

scented

adjectivefragrant

sweet

adjectivenice-smelling

sweeter