redolence

noun — 2 senses

redolence

noun

UK /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/ · US /ˈɹɛd.ə.ləns/

1

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

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:

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