surgent
surgent adjective: surging; rising.
Adjective
surgent (comparative more surgent, superlative most surgent)
- Surging; rising.
- […] the critical edge of a surgent Marxist scholarship emerged during the early 1970s with an imaginative grandeur and sweeping power.2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 131
Forms of surgent
| comparative | more surgent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most surgent |
Origin of surgent
From Latin surgens, present participle of surgo (“rise, get up”).
Words formed from surgent
Words that rhyme with surgent
- emergent
- divergent
- assurgent
- resurgent
- convergent
- insurgent
- turgent
- urgent
- abstergent
- detergent
- neurodivergent
- submergent
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Questions about surgent
- What does surgent mean?
- Surgent means surging; rising.
- What part of speech is surgent?
- Surgent is an adjective.
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