Definitions for redolent

redolent red·o·lent

Spelling: [red-l-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈrɛd l ənt/

Redolent is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in redolent (deelnort).

Definitions for redolent

adjective

  1. having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
  2. odorous or smelling (usually followed by of):
  3. suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of):

Origin of redolent

1350-1400; Middle English Latin redolent- (stem of redolēns), present participle of redolēre to emit odor, equivalent to red- red- + ol(ēre) to smell (akin to

Examples for redolent

The darkness was redolent of strong tobacco-smoke, the smoke of a cheroot.

The atmosphere at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea was redolent of these lobster palaces.

The name, so redolent of a certain archetype of American womanhood, is irresistible to anyone red-blooded.

“Our men,” on the other hand, is redolent of sentimental domesticity.

The silken thing which enveloped her was redolent of the perfume of roses; it was stifling her.

They interviewed me in my study, and the house was redolent of Southern courtesy and grace.

The place was redolent with the fumes of whisky and tobacco.

From springtime until autumn the presbytery was redolent of mignonette.

So the bullet that Gavrilo Princip fired at old Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo (a redolent place-name) goes on echoing.

It gloried in three names, all of which were redolent of home.

Word Value for redolent
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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