fragrant

[Fra·grant]

Something that is fragrant has a nice smell. What makes a smell nice is subjective, or course. You might find a bowl of dried lavender to be fragrant, but your dog might prefer a pile of horse poop.

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[fragrans. -antis, p.pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant. Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.

Adjective
pleasant-smelling


a.
Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.


Fragrant

Fra"grant , a. [
Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers.
Syn. -- Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; swetacented; redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic. -- Fra"grant*ly, adv.

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Usage Examples

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

Everyone can identify with a fragrant garden, with beauty of sunset, with the quiet of nature, with a warm and cozy cottage.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

It is not a fragrant world.

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

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