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redolent
Redolent (adj) means sweet-smelling or aromatic; possessing a pleasant scent.
adj
1
Sweet-smelling or aromatic; possessing a pleasant scent.
2
Smelling of the thing being referred to.
3
Calling something else to mind; evocative of another thing.
"He said that the geometry of the dream-place he saw was abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours."
— Howard Phillips Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu (1928)
"The sums are so vast, the secrecy so shocking, that “chumocracy” doesn’t begin to capture what Britain has become – redolent as we are of banana republics, the Russian oligarchy and failed states."
— Polly Toynbee, The Covid contracts furore is no surprise – Britain has long been a chumocracy (2021)
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Etymology
This word came into English via Middle English redolent (first recorded in 1400), from Old French redolent, from Latin redolentem, the present participle of redoleō ("to emit a scent"), formed from red- and oleō ("to smell").
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What is the meaning of redolent?
"redolent" (adj) means sweet-smelling or aromatic; possessing a pleasant scent.
What is another word for redolent?
Other words for "redolent" include resonant, remindful, smelling, aromatic, reminiscent, evocative.
What is the opposite of redolent?
The opposite of "redolent" is putrid.
What are the different meanings of redolent?
"redolent" has 3 main meanings: 1. Sweet-smelling or aromatic; possessing a pleasant scent; 2. Smelling of the thing being referred to; 3. Calling something else to mind; evocative of another thing.
