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redolent, a.|ˈrɛdələnt|
[a. OF. redolent or L. redolent-em, pr. pple. of redolēre, f. re(d)- re- + olēre to emit a smell. Cf. olent a.]
1. Having or diffusing a pleasant odour; sweet-smelling, fragrant, odorous. Now rare.
c1400Beryn 2765 This gardeyn is evir green, & ful of maye flowers.. the wich been so redolent, & sentyn so aboute. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 485 The body..was founde redolente and incorrupte by ij. yere after his dethe. 1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. H b, Fragrant and redolent wyne conforteth moste. 1600Fairfax Tasso x. lxi, A lothsome lake of brimstone, pitch and lime, Oregoes that land, earst sweet and redolent. 1634H. R. Salerne's Regim. 66 A toast wet in redolent Wine is good to eate. 1828–30Tennyson in Life (1897) I. 64 Every flower and every fruit the redolent breath Of the warm seawind ripeneth.
transf.1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxxviii. (Percy Soc.) 198 Her redolente wordes of swete influence Degouted vapoure moost aromatyke.
†b. In fig. context. Obs.
14..Lydg. Commend. Our Lady 39 Fructif olyve, of foyles faire and thikke, And redolent cedre..Remembre on sinners. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1815 A redolent floure all vertue to augment. 1542Becon Christmas Banquet i. Wks. 1564 I. 18 b, The most odiferous, redolent, and swete smellyng floures of the holy Scriptures. 1629R. Bruce Let. in Wodrow Life (1843) 138 To pour in after this his redolent balm on the bleeding wounds of a festered conscience. 1643Udall Serm. in Shute's Sermons (1645) 8 The substance of this Text, and..the pretious fragrant redolent oyntment in it.
2. Of smell, odour, etc.: Pleasant, sweet, fragrant.
c1450Lydg. & Burgh Secrees 2371 Lyk a gardeyn of Redolent savour. 1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 19 The Violets trim..Doe not alwayes..florishe gay, with smell most redolent. 1629Maxwell tr. Herodian (1635) 297 All manner of redolent Odors. 1652C. B. Stapylton Herodian 6 Leaving behind a redolent perfume.
3. Odorous or smelling of or with something; full of the scent or smell of. Also fig.
1700Dryden Ovid's Met. xv. 109 While Kine to Pails distended Udders bring, And Bees their Hony redolent of Spring. 1742Gray Eton ii, The gales..seem.., redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. My Relations, The odour of those tender vegetables comes back upon my sense, redolent of soothing recollections. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law 125 The Grand Being entered his magnificent palace, redolent with fragrant perfumes.
b. fig. Strongly suggestive or reminiscent of, or impregnated with, some quality, feeling, etc.
1828E. Irving Last Days 369 Their craft..all redolent with Popish superstition. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. II. ii. v. 226 It is a strain redolent of a bridegroom's joy. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Universities Wks. (Bohn) II. 90 On every side Oxford is redolent of age and authority. 1876Holland Sev. Oaks xxiii. 328 The lawyer's hands were as pale,..and his lips as redolent of scorn. |