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redolency

redolency is the alternative form of redolence.

Meaning of redolence

Noun

redolence (countable and uncountable, plural redolences)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being redolent.
    • The air was wine and seltzer, perfumed, as they absorbed it, with the delicate redolence of prairie flowers.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 173, column 2
  2. (countable) An evocative fragrance.
    • Loola au naturel with a musky redolence which, on second thought, has something really rather fascinating about it.1948 August, Aldous Huxley, “The Script”, in Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 82

Forms of redolency

pluralredolencies

Questions about redolency

What is redolency the alternative form of?
Redolency is the alternative form of redolence.

Words near redolency in the dictionary

  1. redoes
  2. redoing
  3. redolence
  4. redolences
  5. redolencies
  6. redolency
  7. redolent
  8. redolently
  9. redologist
  10. redologists
  11. redology

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