per|fume

per|fume
per|fume «noun. PUR fyoom, puhr FYOOM; verb. puhr FYOOM», noun, verb, -fumed, -fum|ing.
–n.
1. a liquid having the sweet smell of flowers, fragrant wood, or the like, made from natural or synthetic oils: »

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand (Shakespeare).

2. a sweet smell: »

We enjoyed the perfume of the flowers.

SYNONYM(S): fragrance, scent.
3. Figurative. reputation or character.
╂[< Middle French parfum < parfumer to scent; see the verb]
–v.t.
1. to give a sweet smell to; fill with sweet odor: »

Flowers perfumed the air.

2. to put a sweetsmelling liquid on: »

to perfume one's hair.

╂[< Middle French parfumer < earlier Italian perfumare < Latin per- through + fūmāre to smoke < fūmus smoke]

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