redolent
pronunciation
How to pronounce redolent in British English:
UK [ˈredələnt]
How to pronounce redolent in American English:
US [ˈrɛdlənt]
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- Adjective:
- serving to bring to mind
- (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous
- having a strong distinctive fragrance
Word Origin
- redolent
- redolent: [14] Etymologically, something that is redolent of something ‘smells’ of it. The word comes ultimately from Latin olēre ‘smell’, which was derived from the same base as produced English odour. Combination with the prefix re- ‘back’ resulted in redolēre ‘emit a smell’, from whose present participle English gets redolent. The Latin word was mainly used to convey the notion ‘smelling of something’, and this lies behind the English word’s metaphorical use for ‘suggestive, reminiscent, evocative’, first recorded in the early 19th century.=> odour
- redolent (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French redolent "emitting an odor" and directly from Latin redolentem (moninative redolens), present participle of redolere "emit a scent, diffuse odor," from red-, intensive prefix (see re-), + olere "give off a smell" (see odor).
Example
- 1. Redolent smoke drifts along the crowded sidewalk .
- 2. The building was redolent of the 1950s .
- 3. The castle is redolent of the past .
- 4. It is also redolent of the power he wants for 12 more years after returning as president in march .
- 5. He recently discovered that a potato on the verge of rotting in the earth sprouts a network of smaller potatoes around it , and that these satellite parasites are tender beyond belief and redolent of hazelnuts .