Literary notes about odorous (AI summary)
Literary authors employ the word "odorous" to evoke vivid sensory landscapes and imbue settings with palpable atmosphere. It is used not only to describe the heady aromas of nature—as in a sunlit corn‐loft filled with natural scents ([1]) or a balcony enlivened by pinkish-yellow roses ([2])—but also to capture the mystical charm of a warm southern night ([3]) and the fresh, saline tang of sea breezes ([4]). At times, the term conveys ambivalence, marking a transition between inviting scents and those that might be overpowering or even disagreeable ([5], [6]). Moreover, its application extends into symbolic realms where fragrant substances become intertwined with deeper emotional and mythic resonances, as seen in depictions of sacred spices and the poetic rendering of natural beauty ([7], [8]).
- In each one Far o'er the gable projected a roof of thatch; and a staircase, Under the sheltering eaves, led up to the odorous corn-loft.
— from The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 28 A sturdy trellised vine, odorous with scented clusters of pinkish-yellow roses clambered up and over the balcony.
— from Marjorie Dean Macy by Josephine Chase - The music seems to be steeped in the odorous charm of the warm southern night.
— from The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by R. A. (Richard Alexander) Streatfeild - The odorous, fresh sea-breezes are distinct from the fitful breezes along river banks, which are humid and freighted with inland smells.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller - An atmosphere torrid, oppressive and horrid, With leather-like lungs we inhale, While odorous motors (more pungent than bloaters)
— from The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) by Harry Graham - There are a variety of odorous substances produced by different parts of the human body, of which some are agreeable and others disagreeable.
— from More Science from an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir - Here modest matrons, in soft litters driv’n, To pay their vows in solemn pomp appear, And odorous gums in their chaste hands they bear.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - Sing to me of that odorous green eve when crouching by the marge You heard from Adrian’s gilded barge the laughter of Antinous
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
