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单词 redolence
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redolencen.

Brit. /ˈrɛdələns/, /ˈrɛdəln̩s/, /ˈrɛdl̩(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈrɛdl̩əns/
Forms: late Middle English redolens, late Middle English– redolence.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: redolent adj., -ence suffix.
Etymology: < redolent adj. (see -ence suffix), in early use probably after either Middle French redolence fragrance, pleasant smell (mid 15th cent.) or post-classical Latin redolentia (frequently from c1185 in British sources; 15th cent. in a continental source). Compare later redolency n.
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.
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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.
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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).
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