redolent
redolent
Definition
redo·lent (-ənt)
adjective
- sweet-smelling; fragrant
- smelling (of) redolent of the ocean
- suggestive or evocative (of)
Etymology: OFr < L redolens, prp. of redolere, to emit a scent < re(d)-, intens. + olere, to smell (akin to odor, odor)
red′o·lently adverb
redolent
Synonyms
redolent
modif.
Fragrant
sweet-smelling, perfumed, aromatic, smelling of; see odorous 2.Suggestive
evocative, reminiscent, recollective; see suggestive.
redolent
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- have: All gorse flowers have a rich perfume redolent of the coconut chips sweets of our childhood.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Is it then an extension of the Romantic movement, since it seems so redolent of nostalgia for the pre-modern?
Modifying Another Word
- so: It is now well worth a short detour to see the restored striking white art-deco façade, so redolent of its period.
- also: The the rest of the decor is also redolent of the late 1960s.
- somewhat: Doggen is putting together an excellent trip, somewhat redolent of early Plastic Ono band meets Terminal Lovers.
- still: The drawing room is in the oldest part of the property, still redolent with 17th century character.
- very: It also happened to be very redolent of primary school gyms.
- not: His personal esthetic, in short, is emphatically not redolent of the football terraces.
Preposition: in
- classroom: The fear of missing out on something by note taking can add to the many aspects of noise redolent in a traditional classroom.
Preposition: of
- time: A very odd piece and redolent of the times.
- landscape: Elgar's music was redolent of the English landscape, and another composer who was equally influenced by this was Vaughan Williams.
- past: Yet the Cambridge Philosophical Society, its title also redolent of the past, flourishes with the most modern science in the world.
- 1960s: The the rest of the decor is also redolent of the late 1960s.
- century: What is left, however, is hardly redolent of centuries of history.
- history: Lloyd George - Welsh, proud, redolent of high point history and achievement.
Preposition: with
Browse dictionary entries near redolent
- redolence
- redo
- redness
- redneck
- redlining
- redline
- Redlands
- redivivus
- redistrict
- redistribute
- Redon
- Redondo Beach
- redone
- redouble
- redoubt
- redoubtable
- redound
- redout
- redox
- redpoll
