1. having or emitting fragrance; aromatic. 2. suggestive; reminiscent

This is part one of a three-word series based on a single sentence from Maureen Dowd’s recent editorial, “Christmas Eve of Destruction“:

[Rumsfeld’s] disgraceful admission that his condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq were signed by machine – “I have directed that in the future I sign each letter,” he said in a Strangelovian statement – is redolent of the myopia that has led to the dystopia.