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单词 fragrancy
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fragrancyn.

Brit. /ˈfreɪɡr(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈfreɪɡrənsi/
Etymology: see fragrance n. and -ancy suffix.
Now rare.
The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell. Occasionally with plural.
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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
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 79v He hath lost the sauour of the roses, and frangrantie [sic] of their nature.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 152 The fragrancy of euery greene herbe yeeldeth such a sauour.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ii. 91/2 Thus have you..one of the most abominable scents upon Earth, made one of the greatest Fragrancies in the whole World.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 245 The goblet crown'd Breath'd aromatic fragrancies around.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. 201 The fragrancy of the fruit is admirable.
1876 J. P. Norris Rudim. Theol. i. 10 The pleasant fragrancy of the fine pollen that floats into the air.
figurative.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 250 When others give allowance of our works, and are edified by them, there is their savour, their odor, their perfume, their fragrancy.1689 Exact Acct. Trial between W. Pritchard & T. Papillon 11 Pray let us have none of your Fragrancies, and Fine Rhetorical Flowers, to take the People with.1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 100 The High German is indeed a lingua communis..the choice and fragrancy of all the dialects.
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