English Explanatory Dictionary

candescent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

Word forms

candescent more candescent most candescent

Etymology

From Latin candēscēns, present participle of candēscō (“to brighten, radiate, become red hot”).

Related words

candescence
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