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   redolent

   /ˈrɛdələnt/

   adjective

   • 1. strongly reminiscent or suggestive of: "names redolent of history and tradition" Similar evocativesuggestivereminiscentremindful
   • ▪ strongly smelling of: literary "the church was old, dark, and redolent of incense"
   • 2. fragrant or sweet-smelling: archaic, literary "a rich, inky, redolent wine" Similar smelling ofreeking ofscented withfragrant withperfumed with

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘fragrant’): from Old French, or from Latin redolent- ‘giving out a strong smell’, from re(d)- ‘back, again’ + olere ‘to smell’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. redolence noun
   • 2. redolently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

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