candescent

English

Etymology

From Latin candēscēns, present participle of candēscō (“to brighten, radiate, become red hot”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

candescent (comparative more candescent, superlative most candescent)

1. glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
   • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 118:

     By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder.

Related terms

• candescence

Latin

Verb

candēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of candēscō