Ziridescence

user since
Fri May 21 2004 at 19:12:31 (4.5 years ago )
last seen
Thu Oct 20 2005 at 06:22:26 (3.1 years ago )
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level / experience
0 (Initiate) / 20
mission drive within everything
Candy
specialties
Psychology and pretending I know what I am/you are talking about
school/company
Macalester College
motto
Anything in life that's worth having is worth the extra effort.
most recent writeup
Benevolent sexism
Word of the week:
redolent \RED-uh-luhnt\, adjective:
1. Having or exuding fragrance; scented; aromatic.
2. Full of fragrance; odorous; smelling (usually used with 'of' or 'with').
3. Serving to bring to mind; evocative; suggestive; reminiscent (usually used with 'of' or 'with').

The 142-foot-long sidewheeled steamer . . . ferried people from place to place, . . . its two decks redolent with the aroma of fresh grapes, peaches, and other fruit headed for the rail spur at the Canandaigua pier, then on to markets in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. --A. M. Sperber and Eric Lax, Bogart

The simple, semisweet and moist cake was redolent of cinnamon and nutmeg and studded with Mr. McCartney's favorite nuts, pecans. --Bryan Miller, "Lots of Smidgens, But Hold the Meat," New York Times, September 7, 1994

Redolent derives from Latin redolens, -entis, present participle of redolere, "to emit a scent, to diffuse an odor," from red-, re- + olere, "to exhale an odor."
Song of the Moment: The Beauty of the Rain by Dar Williams.
Things I want to node about: androgyny and loneliness (both from the pyschological perspective)