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adepescent

adepescent adjective: becoming fatty.

Adjective

adepescent (comparative more adepescent, superlative most adepescent)

  1. Becoming fatty.

Forms of adepescent

comparativemore adepescent
superlativemost adepescent

Origin of adepescent

From Latin adeps, adipis (“fat”) + -escent.

Questions about adepescent

What does adepescent mean?
Adepescent means becoming fatty.
What part of speech is adepescent?
Adepescent is an adjective.

Words near adepescent in the dictionary

  1. adeomatosis
  2. adeomatous
  3. adeonid
  4. adeonids
  5. adeoniform
  6. adepescent
  7. adephagan
  8. adephagans
  9. Adephagia
  10. adephagous
  11. adepithelial

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