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Redolent

//ˈɹɛd.ə.lənt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
  2. 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. 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;..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a strong pleasant odor wordnet
  2. 2
    (used with ‘of’ or ‘with’) noticeably odorous wordnet
  3. 3
    serving to bring to mind wordnet

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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