Meanings
verbfrondesce (third-person singular simple present frondesces, present participle frondescing, simple past and past participle frondesced)
present singular third person frondesces · participle present frondescing · participle past frondesced · past frondesced
- archaicintransitiveto unfurl.
Origin
- Latinfrondescere
- Englishfrondesce
From Latin frondescere, inchoative from frondere. See frondent.
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Rhymes with frondesce
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APA
frondesce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondesce
MLA
“frondesce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondesce. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frondesce,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frondesce.
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