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Definitions for fragrancy
ˈfreɪ grən sifra·grancy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetnessnoun

    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

Wiktionary

  1. fragrancynoun

    fragrance

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Fragrance, Fragrancynoun

    Sweetness of smell; pleasing scent; grateful odour.

    Etymology: fragrantia, Lat.

    Eve separate he spies,
    Veil’d in a cloud of fragrance, where she stood
    Half-spy’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

    I am more pleased to survey my rows of coleworts and cabbages springing up in their full fragrancy and verdure, than to see the tender plants of foreign countries kept alive by artificial heats. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 47.

    Not lovelier seem’d Narcissus to the eye;
    Nor, when a flower, could boast more fragrancy. Samuel Garth.

    Such was the wine; to quench whose fervent steam
    Scarce twenty measures from the living stream
    To cool one cup suffic’d: the goblet crown’d,
    Breath’d aromatick fragrancies around. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, b. ix.

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  1. fragrancy

    Fragrancy refers to the quality of having a pleasant or sweet smell. It is a state or characteristic often associated with flowers, perfumes, or other substances that produce a strong, attractive scent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fragrancynoun

    the quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume

  2. Etymology: [L. fragrantia: cf. OF. fragrance.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fragrancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fragrancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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