candescent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

candescent (comparative more candescent, superlative most candescent)

  1. glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
    • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 118:
      By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder.

Latin

Verb

candēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of candēscō
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