Meanings
adjectiveerumpent (comparative more erumpent, superlative most erumpent)
comparative more erumpent · superlative most erumpent
- That emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.
He's never looked better on court or on monthly O.N.A.N.T.A. paper. He is erumpent.
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 1551 more example
The sun spun aloft, an erumpent orb of balling glory thrilling the blue sky with its brilliance.
1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel
Origin
- Latinērumpēns
- Englisherumpent
From Latin ērumpēns, present active participle of ērumpō (“break forth”).
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