different between fragrant vs myronic

English

Alternative forms

• fragraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fr?gr?ns, present active participle of fr?gr? (“I smell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?f?e?.???nt/

Adjective

fragrant (comparative more fragrant, superlative most fragrant)

1. Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.

Antonyms

• fetid, noisome, pungent, smelly

Related terms

• fragrance

Translations

Latin

Verb

fr?grant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of fr?gr?

Romanian

Etymology

From French fragrant, from Latin fragrans.

Adjective

fragrant m or n (feminine singular fragrant?, masculine plural fragran?i, feminine and neuter plural fragrante)

1. fragrant

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (muron, “unguent, perfume”), +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma????n?k/

Adjective

myronic (comparative more myronic, superlative most myronic)

1. fragrant, perfumed
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     He wore only a thin-bretelled blue undershirt that rucked under his pectoral mass but stretched ceaseless across his myronic flanks.

Anagrams

• crimony