Redolent Definition & Meaning

redolent
adjective
  1. serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"
  2. (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey"
  3. having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford

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