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redolent

/ˈrɛdələnt/

C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
LiteraryRegister

General adjective

Strongly smelling of something, or richly evocative of it.

The kitchen was redolent of thyme and woodsmoke.

Similar: fragrant, aromatic, evocative

Origin: From Latin redolere 'to give off a smell'.

Topic: smell in General English

Business adjective

Strongly suggestive or reminiscent of something.

The retro packaging was redolent of the brand's 1950s heyday.

Similar: reminiscent, evocative, suggestive

Topic: Marketing in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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