oler

/oˈleɾ/ · A2 · verb

to smell

👃 oler shares its root with odor and olfactory: Latin olere, to smell

From Latin olere (to give off a smell), the same root behind English odor, olfactory and redolent. The prying sense works just like English: to sniff around, to smell something out.

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