candescent

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adjective

Glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

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OriginLatin candēscēns →
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Meanings

adjectivecandescent (comparative more candescent, superlative most candescent)

comparative more candescent · superlative most candescent

  1. rareGlowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.

    Tranquillity sudden, vast, candescent: form of forms.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2: Nestor]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 26
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    By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder.

    2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 118

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveglowing from great heat

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Origin

  1. Latincandēscēns
  2. Englishcandescent

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with candescent

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APA

candescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candescent

MLA

“candescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candescent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “candescent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/candescent.

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