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fragrant
What does fragrant mean?
fragrant (adjective): pleasant-smelling.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fragrant in a sentence?
- The roses were fragrant. (Tatoeba sentence #10071727 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fragrant?
/ˈfɹeɪɡɹənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fragrant come from?
Borrowed from Latin frāgrāns, present active participle of frāgrō (“to smell”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to fragrant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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uneasy or anxious
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physically active
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pleasant-smelling
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informal; relaxed
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