incalescent

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/ɪnkəˈlɛsənt/

adjective

Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent.

OriginLatin incalēscēns →
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Meanings

adjectiveincalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)

comparative more incalescent · superlative most incalescent

  1. Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent.

    From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.

    1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Mordecais' Endgame (Don't Point That Thing at Me), page 119

Origin

  1. Latinincalēscēns
  2. Englishincalescent

From Latin incalēscēns, present participle of incalēscere, from in + calēscere (“to grow warm”).

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Translations

Czech zahřívající se, oteplující se
  • zahřívající seBecoming warmer, heating up
  • oteplující seBecoming warmer, heating up
German wärmend, erwärmend
  • wärmendBecoming warmer, heating up
  • erwärmendBecoming warmer, heating up
  • erhitzendBecoming warmer, heating up

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with incalescent

crescentfluorescentantidepressantincandescentconvalescentsuppressantiridescentincessantluminescentquiescentpubescentdepressanteffervescentopalescentpearlescentflorescentevanescentelectroluminescenttumescentphosphorescentessentprepubescentsenescentobsolescent
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APA

incalescent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalescent

MLA

“incalescent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalescent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incalescent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incalescent.

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