sugescent
/suːˈd͡ʒɛsənt/
sugescent adjective: of or relating to sucking.
Adjective
sugescent (not comparable)
- Of or relating to sucking.
- It is probable that the utmost sugescent power of any of these causes, or all of them combined, in ordinary respiration is not sufficient to raise a column of blood of a single inch […]1794, John Hunter, A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot Wounds
- None of the animals, which are not deſigned for that nouriſhment [milk], ever offer to ſuck, or to ſeek out any ſuch food. What is the concluſion, but that the ſugeſcent parts of animals are fitted for their uſe, and the knowledge of that uſe put into them?1802, William Paley, “Instincts”, in Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, London: […] [F]or R[obert] Faulder, […]...
Origin of sugescent
Latin sugere (“to suck”).
Words that rhyme with sugescent
- 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
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about sugescent
- What does sugescent mean?
- Sugescent means of or relating to sucking.
- What part of speech is sugescent?
- Sugescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sugescent?
- Sugescent is pronounced /suːˈd͡ʒɛsənt/.
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