单词 | redolence |
释义 | redolencen. 1. Smell, esp. of a sweet or pleasant quality; fragrance, perfume; (also occasionally) the quality of having or emitting such a smell. Frequently figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant quality sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 redolence1447 suavityc1450 fragrancy1578 sweet1594 odoriferousness1599 fragrantness1600 muskiness1727 aromaticness1731 balsamicness1737 lightness1799 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 7396 (MED) She..had..þe redolence Of good fame wych sprang ful wyde. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 101 (MED) For trees of cipres, cedre trees, and oþer yerbes groenge there, distille encense and gumme ȝiffenge mellifluous redolence [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. smelleþ swetely; L. redolentiam exhalant]. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1611 The wordys of Doctryne yaue gret redolence, In swetness of sauour, to her dysciples all. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 58 Al these hee graunted, to bee ridde of his filthy redolence. 1649 H. King Groane at Funerall Charles I 4 Thy Aromatick Name shall feast our sense, 'Bove Balmie Spiknard's fragrant Redolence. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 273 We have all the redolence of the perfumes and incense we burn upon his altars. 1707 J. Stevens tr. Life Estevanillo Gonzales xiv, in Spanish Libertines 507 Resplendent Odif'rous Queen of Flowers; Transcending all in pleasing Redolence. 1793 E. Harington Schizzo Genius of Man 211 The girl's face is full of the redolence of joy. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 353/2 We may catch the redolence of a Gloucester fishing schooner, with a contented crew busying about her scaly and dripping deck. 1937 R. L. Stokes Leon Blum iv. 61 The first redolence of a scandal which a clever journalist might dilate to a stench in the nostrils of the world. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) iii. 47 Over all New Orleans there hung the pungent redolence that was the very flavor of the bewitching city. 1990 T. Ruprecht Toronto's Many Faces 263 Bakeries and delicatessens fill the air with the redolence of Maltese meat, pasta delicacies, and popular dishes. 2006 New Yorker 13 Mar. 90/1 Two things impress me about this story. First, I believe it, despite its redolence of the sort of family lore that mythifies everybody's childhood. 2. A smell, esp. one which is particularly pleasant; an odour or scent. Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant smell savouringc1390 scent?1473 balm1483 redolencec1530 spice1560 perfumea1593 redolency1610 soot1620 fragor1638 suaveolence1657 fragrance1667 incense1667 nosegay1700 aroma1814 musk1855 petrichor1964 c1530 Remedy Love 213 Breathyng an Aromatike redolence Surmountyng Olibane. 1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. lxxxvi. 220 The firre whereof that Coffin is made, yeilds a naturall redolence alone. 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 19 27 A certain indescribable redolence of Leadenhall Street, by no means tempting to a nearer approach. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 58 750 Was not this feeling an echo, a redolence, of the happy, lively sensations, [etc.]. 1974 Time (Montreal) 18 Mar. 51/3 It was a short monophonous melody with a delicate Oriental redolence, much like a lullaby or love song. 1994 Proscenium Fall 10/1 The flow of exemption orders, both real and proposed, have about them a distinct hemp-like redolence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1447 |
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