candescent
candescent adjective: glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
Adjective
candescent (comparative more candescent, superlative most candescent)
- Glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
- Tranquillity sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2: Nestor]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 26
- By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder.2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 118
candescent meaning in Bengali and Kannada
candescent in Bengali
- প্রজ্বলিত, উজ্জ্বল হয়ে উঠছে
candescent in Kannada
- ಜ್ವಲಿಸುವ, ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲಿಸುವ
Forms of candescent
| comparative | more candescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most candescent |
Origin of candescent
From Latin candēscēns, present participle of candēscō (“to brighten, radiate, become red hot”).
Words that rhyme with candescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about candescent
- What does candescent mean?
- Candescent means glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
- What is candescent in Bengali?
- Candescent in Bengali is প্রজ্বলিত, উজ্জ্বল হয়ে উঠছে. See Candescent meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is candescent?
- Candescent is an adjective.
Words near candescent in the dictionary
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