| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb calorificiently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (calorificiently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective calorificient.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CALORIFICIENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
