| English Dictionary |
REDOLENCE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does redolence mean?
• REDOLENCE (noun)
The noun REDOLENCE has 1 sense:
1. a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
Familiarity information: REDOLENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pleasingly sweet olfactory property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bouquet; fragrance; fragrancy; redolence; sweetness
Hypernyms ("redolence" is a kind of...):
aroma; odor; odour; olfactory property; scent; smell (any property detected by the olfactory system)
Derivation:
redolent (having a strong pleasant odor)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Kill not the goose that laid the golden egg." (English proverb)
"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once." (William Shakespeare)
"Stupidity is a disease without a medicine." (Arabic proverb)
"You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb)
"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once." (William Shakespeare)
"Stupidity is a disease without a medicine." (Arabic proverb)
"You're correct, but the goat is mine." (Corsican proverb)