sniffable

sniffable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English sniff
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English sniffable

    From sniff + -able.

    Adjective

    sniffable (comparative more sniffable, superlative most sniffable)

    1. Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing
      • 2009 January 14, Tristram D. Wyatt, “Fifty years of pheromones”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:
        A compound in women's armpit extract could potentially open the door to sniffable contraceptives.
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