What is the meaning of redolent?

adjective

  • Serving to bring to mind.
    • usage: "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"
  • Used with `of' or `with'. ( noticeably odorous)
    • usage: "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey"
  • Having a strong pleasant odor."the pine woods were more redolent- Jean Stafford
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APAWordNet. (2010). redolent. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/redolent/definitions/1182089
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