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ringent

ringent adjective: having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.

Adjective

ringent

  1. Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.
    • Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes on the surface.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 107

ringent meaning in Tamil

ringent in Tamil

அங்காந்திருக்கின்ற, ஒழுங்கற்ற இடைவெளியுள்ள

Origin of ringent

Latin ringens, from the verb ringi (“to open wide”).

Questions about ringent

What does ringent mean?
Ringent means having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers.
What is ringent in Tamil?
Ringent in Tamil is அங்காந்திருக்கின்ற, ஒழுங்கற்ற இடைவெளியுள்ள. See Ringent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ringent?
Ringent is an adjective.

Words near ringent in the dictionary

  1. Ringel
  2. Ringelmann effect
  3. Ringels
  4. Ringenberg
  5. Ringenbergs
  6. ringent
  7. ringer
  8. ringer equivalence number
  9. ringer equivalence numbers
  10. ringer T-shirt
  11. ringer T-shirts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ringent (page history and authors); ringent (Tamil 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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