Meanings
adjectiveepifluorescent (comparative more epifluorescent, superlative most epifluorescent)
comparative more epifluorescent · superlative most epifluorescent
- Of, pertaining to, or employing epifluorescence
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Englishepi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
- Latinfluō
- Latinfluor
- Englishfluor
- Englishfluorite
- Middle Low Germanspar
- Old Englishspærstān
- Middle Englishsparston
- Englishsparstonebf.
- Englishspar
- Englishfluorspar
- Englishfluorescencebf.
- Englishfluoresce
- Englishfluorescent
- Englishepifluorescent
From epi- + fluorescent.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with epifluorescent
crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
epifluorescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescent
MLA
“epifluorescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epifluorescent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epifluorescent.
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