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unfragrant
fra·grant
/
ˈfreɪ
grənt
/
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[
frey
-gr
uh
nt
]
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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
Related forms
fra·grant·ly,
adverb
fra·grant·ness,
noun
non·fra·grant,
adjective
un·fra·grant,
adjective
un·fra·grant·ly,
adverb
Can be confused:
flagrant
,
fragrant.
Synonyms
1.
perfumed, odorous, redolent, aromatic.
Antonyms
1.
malodorous, noisome.
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World English Dictionary
fragrant
(ˈfreɪɡrənt)
—
adj
having a pleasant or sweet smell
[C15: from Latin
frāgrāns
, from
frāgrāre
to emit a smell]
'fragrantly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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