Word
fragrant
Phoneticsfra·grant
US/ˈfɹeɪɡɹənt/
UK/fɹˈeɪɡɹənt/
Definition
adj. having a pleasant or sweet smell. You use this to describe things like flowers, perfume, or delicious food.
adj. having a pleasant or sweet odour. Often used to describe botanical, culinary, or cosmetic subjects.
Examples
“The garden is full of fragrant roses.”
“The chef added fragrant herbs to the soup just before serving to enhance the aroma.”
“Walking through the cedar forest after a heavy rain, the air was so fragrant with the scent of damp wood and pine needles that it felt almost heavy.”
Examples
simple
“The garden is full of fragrant roses.”
contextual
“The chef added fragrant herbs to the soup just before serving to enhance the aroma.”
complex
“Walking through the cedar forest after a heavy rain, the air was so fragrant with the scent of damp wood and pine needles that it felt almost heavy.”
Usage
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb like 'is' or 'smells'.
Real-World Examples
“The same laboratory has investigated pinene , a fragrant chemical naturally released by many trees.” “One of the most famous dishes across West Africa is jollof rice — fragrant rice cooked down with spices, tomatoes and meat.” “But coffee was then still a quite basic thing: fragrant, maybe, but incredibly bitter.” Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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