fragrant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.

   Fragrant flower.

2. 2
   adj

   pleasant-smelling

Simplified etymology

Fragrant entered English in the late Middle Ages and is ultimately derived from Latin fragrare, “smell sweet.” The same Latin verb is the source of fragrance and underlies French flairer, from which English flair developed.

Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).

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