vitrescent

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adjective

Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.

OriginLatin vitrum →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivevitrescent (comparative more vitrescent, superlative most vitrescent)

comparative more vitrescent · superlative most vitrescent

  1. Becoming glass; glassy, vitreous.

    “You from deep cauldrons and unmeasured caves / Blow flaming airs, or pour vitrescent waves […].”

    1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 14

Origin

  1. Latinvitrum
  2. Englishvitrescent

From Latin vitrum + -escent.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with vitrescent

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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