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vitrescent

vitrescent adjective: becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.

Adjective

vitrescent (comparative more vitrescent, superlative most vitrescent)

  1. Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.
    • “You from deep cauldrons and unmeasured caves / Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrescent waves […].”1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 14

Forms of vitrescent

comparativemore vitrescent
superlativemost vitrescent

Origin of vitrescent

From Latin vitrum + -escent.

Words that rhyme with vitrescent

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Questions about vitrescent

What does vitrescent mean?
Vitrescent means becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.
What part of speech is vitrescent?
Vitrescent is an adjective.

Words near vitrescent in the dictionary

  1. vitreouslike
  2. vitreously
  3. vitreousness
  4. vitrescence
  5. vitrescency
  6. vitrescent
  7. vitrescible
  8. vitreum
  9. vitric
  10. vitricole
  11. vitricolous

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