surgent

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adjective

Surging; rising.

OriginLatin surgens →
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Meanings

adjectivesurgent (comparative more surgent, superlative most surgent)

comparative more surgent · superlative most surgent

  1. Surging; rising.

    […] the critical edge of a surgent Marxist scholarship emerged during the early 1970s with an imaginative grandeur and sweeping power.

    2008, Gary Bridge, Sophie Watson, A Companion to the City, page 131

Origin

  1. Latinsurgens
  2. Englishsurgent

From Latin surgens, present participle of surgo (“rise, get up”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with surgent

urgentemergentdetergentdivergentconvergentinsurgentresurgentabstergentassurgentneurodivergentsubmergentturgentvergent
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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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