FRAGRANT


Meaning of FRAGRANT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: Middle English fragraunt, from Latin fragrant-, fragrans, present participle of fragare to give off an odor, be fragrant; akin to Middle High German bræhen to smell

: having a fragrance : marked by fragrance

an air fragrant with sweetest flowers — H.O.Taylor

fresh and fragrant as meadow hay — Herman Melville

my sojourn in the garden of Africa has left so many fragrant memories — R.S.B.Baker

people talk of matters which … communicate a rich color, a fragrant sentiment to them — A.C.Benson

• fra·grant·ly adverb

• fra·grant·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.