pollent

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adjective

Powerful, strong.

OriginLatin pollēns →
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Meanings

adjectivepollent (comparative more pollent, superlative most pollent)

comparative more pollent · superlative most pollent

  1. literaryrarePowerful, strong.

    Yet, for many of the thinkers explored below, pollent superlation—rather than prudent suspicion—offers the promise of reconciling human experience with the enormities (in both senses of the term) of natural history.

    2019, Thomas Moynihan, Spinal Catastrophism: A Secret History, Falmouth, Cornwall: Urbanomic Media Ltd, →ISBN, page 7

Origin

  1. Latinpollēns
  2. Englishpollent

Borrowed from Latin pollēns, pollentem (“able, being strong; mighty, powerful”), present active participle of polleō (“to be strong”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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