#redolent

Redolent

(adjective) strongly suggestive or reminiscent of something; having a pleasant, lingering scent 👃

Henry buried his face in the bouquet, redolent of honeysuckle and summer rain. 💐🌧️

🏛️ “Redolent” comes from the Latin redolēns, the present participle of redolēre—‘to emit a scent’ or ‘to smell strongly of.’

The word breaks down into re- (used here as an intensive prefix, meaning ‘strongly’ or ‘thoroughly’) and olēre (‘to smell’), which itself traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *od-, meaning ‘to smell.’

This same ancient root gave us the Latin odor, which passed directly into English. Redolent arrived in English in the 15th century, first carrying a purely sensory meaning—rich with fragrance—before expanding over time to its more figurative sense of being evocative or reminiscent of something.

Thomas Runciman

Dirge the sorrows by time made dim: Seas are sullen in rain and mist. Regret the woes that behind us swim: Sullen's the north and grey the east.

Black boats speck the horizon's rim: The north is heavy and grey the east. They plash to shore in unison grim: The breakers roar through rain and mist.

Ah! the ravening Dane of old! Joys are born of time and sorrow. He was beautiful, cruel and bold: Death yesterday is life to-morrow.

The slain lie stark on bented mounds: Winds are calling in rain and mist. There's blood and smoke and wide red wounds, And black boats make to north and east.

Through murky weltering seas they row: Dirge the eyes their deeds made dim. Wives at their conning smile and glow, And hail them on the horizon's rim.

Yeah...there's a word for what you are trying to communicate: Redolent.

It's a great word, meaning "reminiscent or suggestive of"

I don’t think I’ve read this, sorry!!

- N

(+) Redolent!!