O″dor (ō″dẽr), n. [OE. odor, odour, OF. odor, odour, F. odeur, fr. L. odor; akin to olere to smell, Gr. ὄζειν, Lith. ůsti. Cf. Olfactory, Osmium, Ozone, Redolent.] [Written also odour.] Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.
Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers,
That dainty odors from them threw around. Spenser.
To be in bad odor, to be out of favor, or in bad repute.