Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
First attested in 1400. From redolent < redolentem, present participle of redoleo < re- + oleo.Pronunciation
Adjective
- fragrant or aromatic, having a sweet scent.
- Having the smell of.
- 1861 — Francis
Colburn Adams, An Outcast,
ch XXXII
- His breath is already redolent of whiskey.
- 1861 — Francis
Colburn Adams, An Outcast,
ch XXXII
- suggestive or
reminiscent.
- 1919 — Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, A vision
- But forth from sweat-shops, tenement and prisonWailed minor protests, redolent with pain.
- 1919 — Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, A vision
Synonyms
- sense fragrant or aromatic aromatic, fragrant
- sense having the smell of reeking, smelling
- sense suggestive or reminiscent reminiscent, suggestive
Translations
fragrant or aromatic
- Polish: pachnący
having a smell
- Polish: pachnący
suggestive or reminiscent
- Polish: przywołujący
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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