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Definitions for fragrant
ˈfreɪ grəntfra·grant
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Princeton's WordNet
fragrantadjective
pleasant-smelling
Wiktionary
fragrantadjective
Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.
Etymology: From fragrans, present active participle of fragro.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FRAGRANTadjective
Odorous; sweet of smell.
Etymology: fragrans, Latin.
The nymph vouchsaf’d to place
Upon her head the various wreath:
The flow’rs, less blooming than her face;
Their scent, less fragrant than her breath. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
fragrant
An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance or flavoring, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor. For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficiently volatile for transmission via the air to the olfactory system in the upper part of the nose. As examples, various fragrant fruits have diverse aroma compounds, particularly strawberries which are commercially cultivated to have appealing aromas, and contain several hundred aroma compounds.Generally, molecules meeting this specification have molecular weights of less than 310. Flavors affect both the sense of taste and smell, whereas fragrances affect only smell. Flavors tend to be naturally occurring, and the term fragrances may also apply to synthetic compounds, such as those used in cosmetics.Aroma compounds can naturally be found in various foods, such as fruits and their peels, wine, spices, floral scent, perfumes, fragrance oils, and essential oils. For example, many form biochemically during the ripening of fruits and other crops. Wines have more than 100 aromas that form as byproducts of fermentation. Also, many of the aroma compounds play a significant role in the production of compounds used in the food service industry to flavor, improve, and generally increase the appeal of their products.An odorizer may add a detectable odor to a dangerous odorless substance, like propane, natural gas, or hydrogen, as a safety measure.
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fragrant
Fragrant refers to something that has a pleasant or sweet smell. It's often used to describe flowers, plants, spices, perfumes, and certain foods or drinks. The scent is usually natural, refreshing, and pleasing to the senses.
Webster Dictionary
Fragrantadjective
affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume
Freebase
Fragrant
Fragrant is an unincorporated community located in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fragrant
frā′grant, adj. sweet-scented.—ns. Frā′grance, Frā′grancy, pleasantness of smell or perfume: sweet or grateful influence.—adv. Frā′grantly.—n. Frā′grantness. [Fr.,—L. fragrans, -antis, pr.p. of fragrāre, to smell.]
Editors Contribution
fragrant
Having a smell that is pleasing to the senses.
The roses had a fragrant smell which she loved to smell as she came into the room.
Submitted by MaryC on May 20, 2016
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fragrant in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fragrant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of fragrant in a Sentence
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility
Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity:
Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.
Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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- ريًا, عبقArabic
- благоуханен, ароматенBulgarian
- fragantCatalan, Valencian
- duftend, würzig, wohlriechendGerman
- ευωδιαστός, αρωματικόςGreek
- bonodoraEsperanto
- fraganteSpanish
- hyväntuoksuinen, tuoksuvaFinnish
- aromatique, odorantFrench
- illatosHungarian
- անուշաբույրArmenian
- רֵיחָנִיHebrew
- 芳しい, 香ばしい, 香り高い, 甘い香りのするJapanese
- hālānsLatin
- geurDutch
- duftendeNorwegian
- wonny, pachnącyPolish
- خوش بوPashto, Pushto
- cheirosoPortuguese
- ароматный, благоухающий, благовонный, душистый, благоуханныйRussian
- rayihalı, ıtırlıTurkish
- thơmVietnamese
- 香Chinese
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