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adjective
1.
having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
2.
delightful; pleasant: fragrant memories.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin frāgrant- (stem of frāgrāns), present participle of frāgrāre to smell sweet
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin frāgrant- (stem of frāgrāns), present participle of frāgrāre to smell sweet
Related forms
fra·grant·ly, adverb
fra·grant·ness, noun
non·fra·grant, adjective
un·fra·grant, adjective
un·fra·grant·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic.
1. perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic.
Antonyms
1. malodorous, noisome.
1. malodorous, noisome.
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Word Origin & History
fragrant
c.1500, from L. fragrantem (nom. fragrans) "sweet-smelling," prp. of fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor," cognate with M.H.G. bræhen "to smell," M.Du. bracke, O.H.G. braccho "hound, setter" (see brach).
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