Parallel adjectives for "smell" - partial guesswork.
Posted by TheFallen on April 23, 2002
In Reply to: Parallel adjectives for "smell" posted by nicole on April 23, 2002
: I wonder if there's a parallel adjectives for "smell" in the pattern of "see-visible;hear-adible;eat-edible." Thank you for your help.
Sight - visible
Sound - audible
Touch - tangible
Smell - olfactible (I think - this needs checking, because it's based on my memory, and doesn't feature in my abridged OED)
Taste - to be strict, edible doesn't really fit too well with the others in my opinion, because it means "capable of being eaten without harm", rather than "possessing a taste which can be perceived". Again though it doesn't feature in my dictionary, I'd place a small bet on something like "gustible" or maybe "gustable".
I'm sure that someone with the full OED will soon confirm or deny the above.
- Smell
ESC 04/23/02
- Smell and Taste reprised TheFallen 04/23/02
- Aromatic?
ESC 04/23/02
- Aromatic? TheUnlurker 04/23/02
- Olfactible . . .
R. Berg 04/23/02
- Smellable nicole 04/24/02
- smellable R. Berg 04/24/02
- Mephitic - the smell of hell ESC 04/23/02
- Smellable nicole 04/24/02
- Aromatic?
ESC 04/23/02
- Smell and Taste reprised TheFallen 04/23/02