Redolent Definition

rĕdl-ənt
adjective
Sweet-smelling; fragrant.
Webster's New World
Smelling (of)
Redolent of the ocean.
Webster's New World
Suggestive or evocative (of)
Webster's New World

Having the smell of the article in question.

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Origin of Redolent

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin redolēns redolent- present participle of redolēre to smell re-, red- re- olēre to smell

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • First attested in 1400. From French redolent, from Latin redolentem, present participle of redoleō (“I emit a scent"), from re- + oleō (“I smell").

    From Wiktionary

Redolent Sentence Examples

  • The central part, however, with its winding narrow streets, is redolent of its historical past, when, as one of the leading cities of the Hanseatic League, it enjoyed commercial supremacy over all the towns of Westphalia.

  • He quickly entered the small reception room with its still-unplastered wooden walls redolent of pine, and would have gone farther, but Anton ran ahead on tiptoe and knocked at a door.

  • The the rest of the decor is also redolent of the late 1960s.

  • Is it then an extension of the Romantic movement, since it seems so redolent of nostalgia for the pre-modern?

  • It is now well worth a short detour to see the restored striking white art-deco façade, so redolent of its period.

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Words Starting With

RRERED

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With NT

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With T