Redolent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {remindful}, {reminiscent}, {resonant}]
    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 pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more
       redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: {aromatic}, {redolent}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. -- {Red"o*lent*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

         Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth.   --Gray.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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