redolent

  • 41red´o|lent|ly — red|o|lent «REHD uh luhnt», adjective. 1. having a pleasant smell; fragrant. SYNONYM(S): aromatic. 2. smelling strongly; giving off an odor: »a house redolent of fresh paint. 3. Figurative. suggesting thoughts or feelings: »“Ivanhoe” is a name… …

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  • 42red|o|lent — «REHD uh luhnt», adjective. 1. having a pleasant smell; fragrant. SYNONYM(S): aromatic. 2. smelling strongly; giving off an odor: »a house redolent of fresh paint. 3. Figurative. suggesting thoughts or feelings: »“Ivanhoe” is a name redolent of… …

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  • 43Ruddigore — The first night was not altogether a success, as critics and the audience felt that Ruddygore (as it was originally spelled) did not measure up to its predecessor, The Mikado . After some changes, including respelling the title, it achieved a run …

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  • 44Ratangarh, Churu — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Dhani Badhan | type = city | latd = 28.08 | longd = 74.6 locator position = right | state name = Rajasthan district = Jhunjhunu leader title = |Parvat Shekhawatleader name = |Parvat Shekhawataltitude =… …

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  • 45redolence — [red′ l əns] n. the quality or state of being redolent: also redolency SYN. SCENT * * * red·o·lence (rĕdʹl əns) also red·o·len·cy ( l ən sē) n. The quality or state of being redolent. See Synonyms at fragrance …

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  • 46aromatic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pungent, fragrant, sweet smelling; see odorous 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. fragrant, odoriferous, redolent, pungent, savory, scented, spicy. ANT.: unscented, stinky III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having a …

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  • 47Odor — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Odor >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 odor odor smell odorament| scent effluvium Sgm: N 1 emanation emanation exhalation Sgm: N 1 fume fume essence trail nidor| …

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  • 48altar — [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word altar is that of sacrificial burning. Latin altar, which was borrowed directly into Old English, was a derivative of the plural noun altāria, ‘burnt offerings’, which probably came from the verb… …

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  • 49odour — [13] The Latin noun for ‘smell’ was odor. It was descended from the Indo European base *od , source also of the Greek verb ózein ‘smell’ (from which English gets ozone [19]), the Latin verb olēre ‘smell’ (ancestor of English redolent), and the… …

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  • 50olfactory — [17] Olfactory means etymologically ‘making smell’. It was borrowed from Latin *olfactōrius, a derivative of the verb olfacere ‘smell’. This in turn was a blend of olēre ‘smell’ (source of English redolent and related to odour) and facere ‘make’… …

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