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s | redolent |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective redolent is

fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    redolent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
  • Having the smell of the article in question.
  • * 1861 , , ch. 32:
  • His breath is already redolent of whiskey.
  • * , Episode 16:
  • Stephen, that is when the accosting figure came to close quarters, though he was not in an over sober state himself recognised Corley's breath redolent of rotten cornjuice.
  • (idiomatic) Suggestive or reminiscent.
  • * 1919 , :
  • But forth from sweat-shops, tenement and prison
    Wailed minor protests, redolent with pain.
  • * 1926 , :
  • He said that the geometry of the dream-place he saw was abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours.''

    Synonyms

    * (fragrant or aromatic) aromatic, fragrant * (having the smell of) reeking, smelling * (suggestive or reminiscent) reminiscent, suggestive

    Derived terms

    * redolently

    Anagrams

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