tabescent
tabescent adjective: wasting away, or becoming emaciated.
Adjective
tabescent (comparative more tabescent, superlative most tabescent)
- Wasting away, or becoming emaciated.
- He is weak and stinking, tabescent, at the far edge of hope.1982, T. C. Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 42
tabescent meaning in Tamil and Bengali
tabescent in Tamil
- அழிதல், அழிவுறல், நலிவுறல், மெலிவுறல்
tabescent in Bengali
- ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত হওয়া, বা রোগা হয়ে যাওয়া
Forms of tabescent
| comparative | more tabescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tabescent |
Origin of tabescent
From Latin tabescens, present participle of tabescere.
Words that rhyme with tabescent
- 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 tabescent
- What does tabescent mean?
- Tabescent means wasting away, or becoming emaciated.
- What is tabescent in Tamil?
- Tabescent in Tamil is அழிதல், அழிவுறல், நலிவுறல். See Tabescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tabescent?
- Tabescent is an adjective.
Words near tabescent in the dictionary
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