perfume

Perfume is defined as a nice smell, or a substance created to produce a nice smell.

(noun)

An example of perfume is the scent of potpurri.

Perfume means to give a nice smell to something.

(verb)

An example of perfume is to put body spray on your body.

See perfume in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb perfumed, perfuming

Origin: MFr parfumer < It perfumare < L per-, intens. + fumare, to smoke < fumus, smoke: see fume

noun

a pleasing smell or odor; sweet scent, as of flowers; fragrance
a substance producing a fragrant or pleasing odor; esp., a volatile oil, as that extracted from flowers, or a substance like this prepared synthetically

Origin: MFr parfum < the v.

See perfume in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A substance that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor, especially a volatile liquid distilled from flowers or prepared synthetically.
A pleasing, agreeable scent or odor. See Synonyms at fragrance.

transitive verb (pər-fyo͞omˈ) per·fumed, per·fum·ing, per·fumes

To fill or permeate with fragrance; impart a pleasant odor to.

Origin:

Origin: French parfum

Origin: , from Old Italian parfumo

Origin: , from parfumare, to fill with smoke

Origin: : par-, intensive pref. (from Latin per-, per-)

Origin: + fumare, to smoke (from Latin fūmāre, from fūmus, smoke)

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