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fragrancy Now rare.|ˈfreɪgrənsɪ|
[see prec. and -ancy.]
The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell. Occas. with pl.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 79 b, He hath lost the sauour of the roses and frangrantie [sic] of their nature. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 120 The fragrancy of every green herb yeeldeth such a savour as [etc.]. 1693Salmon Pharm. Bat. i. (1713) 78/2 Thus have you..one of the most abominable Scents upon Earth, made one of the greatest Fragrancies in the whole World. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 245 The goblet crown'd Breath'd aromatic fragrancies around. 1764Harmer Observ. iv. 201 The fragrancy of the fruit is admirable. 1876J. P. Norris Rudim. Theol. i. 10 The pleasant fragrancy of the fine pollen that floats into the air.
fig.a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 124 When others give allowance of our works, and are edified by them, there is their savour, their odour, their perfume, their fragrancy. 1689Trial Pritchard v. Papillon 6 Nov. 1684 11 Pray let us have none of your Fragrancies, and Fine Rhetorical Flowers, to take the People with. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 100 The High German is indeed a lingua communis..the choice and fragrancy of all the dialects. |