decadescent
/ˌdɛkəˈdɛsənt/
decadescent adjective: decaying.
Adjective
decadescent (not comparable)
Origin of decadescent
From Latin dēcadēscēns, from dēcadēscō (“to be decaying”), from dēcidō, dēcadō (“to decay, to fall away”). By surface analysis, decay + -escent.
Words that rhyme with decadescent
- 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
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about decadescent
- What does decadescent mean?
- Decadescent means decaying.
- What part of speech is decadescent?
- Decadescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce decadescent?
- Decadescent is pronounced /ˌdɛkəˈdɛsənt/.
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