odor

Etymology

From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor.

noun

1. Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
2. (figurative) A strong, pervasive quality.
   In different parts of the coast different species of animals are accounted sacred, because they are supposed to be animated by the spirits of the dead. Hence monkeys near Fishtown, snakes at Whydah, and crocodiles near Dix Cove live in the odour of sanctity." 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 287
3. (figurative, uncountable) Esteem.
4. (now rare) Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.