odorous or smelling (usually followed by of): redolent of garlic.
3.
suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of): verse redolent of Shakespeare.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin redolent- (stem of redolēns), present participle of redolēre to emit odor, equivalent to red-red- + ol(ēre) to smell (akin to odor) + -ent--ent
c.1400, from O.Fr. redolent "emitting an odor," from L. redolentem, prp. of redolere "emit a scent," from re-, intensive prefix + olere "give off a smell" (see odor).