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单词 redolency
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redolencyn.

Brit. /ˈrɛdələnsi/, /ˈrɛdəln̩si/, /ˈrɛdl̩(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈrɛdl̩ənsi/
Forms: 1600s redolencie, 1600s– redolency.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: redolent adj., -ency suffix.
Etymology: < redolent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare earlier redolence n.
Now rare.
= redolence n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant smell
savouringc1390
scent?1473
balm1483
redolencec1530
spice1560
perfumea1593
redolency1610
soot1620
fragor1638
suaveolence1657
fragrance1667
incense1667
nosegay1700
aroma1814
musk1855
petrichor1964
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. x. 116 Flowers for beauty, varietie of colour, and pleasant redolencie.
1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 89 The flies so much frequent their flowers and leaves, which attract them with their redolency and juice [Fr. attirées par leur bon suc, & odeur].
1708 R. Franck Adventures Nine Pious Pilgrims 214 The Verdure and Redolency of the beauteous Creation, made me almost neglect my self.
1820 London Mag. May 495 Nor shall we seek to impart to our sheets that redolency of Leith-Ale, and tobacco smoke, which floats about all the pleasantry of the magazine in question.
1862 R. Harrison Colonial Sketches xiii. 78 The smell of the field and the sheep-yard mixes strangely with the redolency of Agra and of Delhi.
1905 H. W. Fowler & F. G. Fowler tr. Lucian Wks. (2004) II. 199 So I went round the plough-lands..and (for not yet had the meadows reached the redolency that tempts the ten toes)—so to mule-back again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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