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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRA'GRANT, a. Sweet of smell; odorous.
Fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: pleasant-smelling [ant: ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fragrant-, fragrans, from present participle of fragrare to be fragrant Date: 15th century having a sweet or pleasant smell Synonyms: see odorous • fragrantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. sweet-smelling. Derivatives: fragrantly adv. Etymology: ME f. F fragrant or L fragrare smell sweet

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fragrant Fra"grant, a. [L. fragrans. -antis, p. pr. of fragrare to emit a smell of fragrance: cf. OF. fragrant.] Affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume. Fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers. --Milton. Syn: Sweet-smelling; odorous; odoriferous; sweet-scented; redolent; ambrosial; balmy; spicy; aromatic. -- Fra"grant*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is fragrant has a pleasant, sweet smell. ...fragrant oils and perfumes... The air was fragrant with the smell of orange blossoms. ADJ: oft ADJ with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Aromatic, spicy, redolent, balmy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented.

Moby Thesaurus

ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, delectable, delicious, delightful, effluvious, essenced, flowery, fruity, incense-breathing, malodorous, musky, odorant, odorate, odored, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, perfumy, redolent, savory, scented, smellful, smelling, smellsome, smelly, spicy, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, thuriferous