redolent

Etymology

From Middle English redolent (first attested in 1400), from Old French redolent, from Latin redolentem, present participle of redoleō (“I emit a scent”), from red- + oleō (“I smell”).

adj

1. Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
2. Having the smell of the article in question.
   His breath is already redolent of whiskey. 1861, Francis Colburn Adams, chapter 32, in An Outcast
3. (figurative) Suggestive or reminiscent.
   But forth from sweat-shops, tenement and prison Wailed minor protests, redolent with pain. 1919, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, A vision
   The sums are so vast, the secrecy so shocking, that “chumocracy” doesn’t begin to capture what Britain has become – redolent as we are of banana republics, the Russian oligarchy and failed states. 2021-02-22, Polly Toynbee, “The Covid contracts furore is no surprise – Britain has long been a chumocracy”, in The Guardian