April 29, 2017 Word of the Day
A woman smelling a redolent bouquet
Definition of REDOLENT
[more redolent; most redolent] literary + formal
1 : having a strong smell : full of a fragrance or odor
a redolent bouquet
— often + of
a room redolent of spices
— often + with
The sauce was redolent with the smell of basil.
2 : causing thoughts or memories of something
a room redolent [=reminiscent] of the 1940s
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