REDOLENT


Meaning of REDOLENT in English

-nt adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin redolent-, redolens, present participle of redolēre to emit a scent, smell like, from red- re- + olēre to smell — more at odor

1.

a. : exuding fragrance : aromatic

the pinewoods were more redolent — Jean Stafford

b. : rich , distinctive — used of an odor

the ancient redolent odor of plowed land — Norman Mailer

2.

a. : full of fragrance : scented , smelling — used with of or with

a corridor redolent of floor wax — Joseph Wechsberg

redolent with homegrown apples — National Geographic

air … redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey — Herbert Asbury

b. : conveying an aura : tending to suggest : evocative , reminiscent

cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note — Wilder Hobson

— usually used with of or with

every page here is redolent of … fine scholarship — Walter Pach

a perfect day … redolent with the charm of late autumn — Gerald Beaumont

conversation … redolent with profanity — P.A.Rollins

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