redolent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈrɛdələnt/ UK /ˈrɛdələnt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
strongly reminiscent or fragrant of something

The air was redolent of pine and woodsmoke.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · strongly reminiscent or... fragrant aromatic perfumed scented reminiscent evocative suggestive

Opposites

odorlessfetid

Word family

Derived forms redolenceredolently

Related forms olfactory redolence

Etymology

From Latin redolentem, present participle of redolere ('to emit a scent'), from red- ('back, again') + olere ('to give off a smell, exhale an odor').

red- Latin redolere Latin olere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# redolent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈrɛdələnt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈrɛdələnt/

## Meanings
1. strongly reminiscent or fragrant of something

## Examples
- The air was redolent of pine and woodsmoke.

## Synonyms
- fragrant
- aromatic
- perfumed
- scented
- reminiscent
- evocative
- suggestive

## Antonyms
- odorless
- fetid

## Derived Forms
- redolence
- redolently

## Related Forms
- olfactory
- redolence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: red-
- Root: redolere
- Root: olere

## Etymology
From Latin redolentem, present participle of redolere ('to emit a scent'), from red- ('back, again') + olere ('to give off a smell, exhale an odor').

## AI Etymology
Redolent comes from Latin redolentem, present participle of redolere ('to emit a scent'), from red- ('back, again') + olere ('to give off a smell, exhale an odor'). The historical chain includes Latin red-, Latin redolere, and Latin olere. The quoted older senses, "to emit a scent", "back, again", and "to give off a smell, exhale an odor", supply the semantic anchors for redolent. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word redolent carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "strongly reminiscent or fragrant of something". English derivatives include redolence and redolently; related English forms include olfactory and redolence. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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