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candescent

adjective can·des·cent \-s^ənt\

Definition of CANDESCENT

: glowing or dazzling from or as if from great heat

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Origin of CANDESCENT

Latin candescent-, candescens, present participle of candescere, inchoative of candēre

First Known Use: 1808

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Synonyms: beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, bright, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid

Antonyms: dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Rhymes with CANDESCENT

canescent, decrescent, depressant, fluorescent, incessant, increscent, liquescent, pearlescent, rufescent, suppressant, turgescent

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