frondesce

English

Etymology

From Latin frondescere, inchoative from frondere. See frondent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹɒnˈdɛs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹɑnˈdɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

frondesce (third-person singular simple present frondesces, present participle frondescing, simple past and past participle frondesced)

1. (archaic, intransitive, of leaves) to unfurl.

Related terms

• frondescence
• frondescent

References

• “frondesce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• confeders