Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Smelling; scented.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Scented.
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- adjective
scented
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whilst they give their wives too much liberty to gad abroad, and bountiful allowance, they are accessory to their own miseries; animae uxorum pessime olent, as Plautus jibes, they have deformed souls, and by their painting and colours procure odium mariti, their husband's hate, especially, — [6280] cum misere viscantur labra mariti.
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But the curved spine stiffened, the voice was no longer shaky, and an inner unholy light emanated from suddenly bottomless eyes while a barely perceptible dark aura sprang to malev - olent life around him.
The Day of the Dissonance Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984
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Recall how inteffigent men like, well, Bertrand Russell or Henry Wallace took extensive tours of Stalin's Russia, and came home to report that it did have its problems but those had been exaggerated and were entirely due to extraneous factors and a benev olent government was copying with everything.
There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972
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She was Christianity's unique contribution to the uni - versal Mother who lives in all religions, and whose nature is sometimes benevolent and sometimes malev - olent (Neumann, 1955).
MYTH IN BIBLICAL TIMES FRANCIS LEE UTLEY 1968
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For the benev - olent Steele, the story illustrated the pernicious effects of the love of gain overcoming natural impulses.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas A. OWEN ALDRIDGE 1968
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Upon the fourth, smoking and olent Rio, puddings of
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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The camp was the scene of viTensions in Kalma rose last week after the conclusion of the latest round of peace talks in Doha, Qatar, with some groups contending they were unrepresented. olent protests on Thursday in which hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) demonstrated.
Spero News 2010
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May 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - V.olent protests erupted in parts of Tamil Nadu Tuesday following the death of Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabhakaran and other top leaders of the terrorist outfit in Sri Lanka.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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May 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - V.olent protests erupted in parts of Tamil Nadu Tuesday following the death of Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabhakaran and other top leaders of the terrorist outfit in Sri Lanka.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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May 19th, 2009 CHENNAI - V.olent protests erupted in parts of Tamil Nadu Tuesday following the death of Tamil Tiger chief V. Prabhakaran and other top leaders of the terrorist outfit in Sri Lanka.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
fbharjo commented on the word olent
olent: fragrant, scented
January 9, 2007