Redolent \Red"o*lent\ (-lent), a. [L. redolens, -entis, p. pr.
of redolere to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref. red-,
re-, re- + olere to emit a smell. See Odor.]
Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented;
odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. "Honey redolent
of spring." --Dryden. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
redolent
adj 1: serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this
redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign
redolent of machine politics" [syn: evocative, redolent
of(p), remindful, reminiscent, reminiscent of(p)]
2: (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was
redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of
beer and whiskey" [syn: redolent(p), smelling(p)]
3: having a strong distinctive fragrance; "the pine woods were
more redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: aromatic]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "redolent":
ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, effluvious, essenced, evocative,
flowery, fragrant, fruity, in retrospect, incense-breathing,
malodorous, memoried, mindful, mnemonic, musky, odorant, odorate,
odored, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, remindful,
reminiscent, retentive, retrospective, savory, scented, smellful,
smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, suggestive, suggestive of,
sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aromatic, evocative, redolent of(p), redolent(p), remindful, reminiscent, reminiscent of(p), smelling(p)
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