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candent

candent adjective: glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.

Adjective

candent (comparative more candent, superlative most candent)

  1. (archaic) Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.
    • beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure.1958, Lawrence Durrell, Balthazar

candent meaning in Bengali

candent in Bengali

উজ্জ্বল

Forms of candent

comparativemore candent
superlativemost candent

Origin of candent

From Latin candentem, from candere.

Questions about candent

What does candent mean?
Candent means glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat.
What is candent in Bengali?
Candent in Bengali is উজ্জ্বল. See Candent meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is candent?
Candent is an adjective.

Words near candent in the dictionary

  1. candelilla
  2. candelilla wax
  3. candelilla waxes
  4. candelillas
  5. Candelo
  6. candent
  7. Cander
  8. candesartan
  9. candescence
  10. candescences
  11. candescent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candent (page history and authors); candent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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