Redolent
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
- 2 Having the smell of the article in question.
"Most of the articles were home-made; the bread, the yellow butter, as golden as the cups to which it has given name; the thickest cream, and a honeycomb redolent of the thyme which even then echoed with the hum of the bees."
- 3 Suggestive or reminiscent. figuratively
"But, in the country, the green fields are so joyous, the pure air so fresh, the blue sky so clear; the fine old trees, redolent of earth's loveliest mythology, when the dryades peopled their green shadows;..."
- 1 having a strong pleasant odor wordnet
- 2 (used with ‘of’ or ‘with’) noticeably odorous wordnet
- 3 serving to bring to mind wordnet
Example
More examples"Tom's breath was redolent of wine and tobacco."
Etymology
From Middle English redolent (first attested in 1400), from Old French redolent, from Latin redolentem, present participle of redoleō (“I emit a scent”), from red- + oleō (“I smell”).
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