redolence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹed.ə.ləns/ (Australia)
- /ˈɹɛd.əʊ.ləns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/ (US)
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being redolent.
The air was wine and seltzer, perfumed, as they absorbed it, with the delicate redolence of prairie flowers.
1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 173, column 2:
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(countable) An evocative fragrance.
Loola au naturel with a musky redolence which, on second thought, has something really rather fascinating about it.
1948 August, Aldous Huxley, “The Script”, in Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redolences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
pl zapach (the quality of being redolent) · bg предизвикателен аромат (an evocative fragrance) · pl aromat (the quality of being redolent) · ru арома́т (the quality of being redolent) · tl halimunmon (an evocative fragrance) · ru благоуха́ние (the quality of being redolent) · bg благоухание (the quality of being redolent) · pl przywołujący zapach (an evocative fragrance) · bg аромат (the quality of being redolent)