Incalescent Definition

ĭnkə-lĕsənt
adjective
Becoming hotter.
Webster's New World

Origin of Incalescent

  • Latin incalēscēns incalēscent- present participle of incalēscere to grow warm in- intensive pref. in–2 calēscere to grow warm inchoative of calēre to be warm kelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin incalescent-, stem of incalescens, present participle of incalescere, from in + calescere (“to grow warm”)

    From Wiktionary

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