| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. White or glowing with heat.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb excandescently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (excandescently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective excandescent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXCANDESCENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Excandescent \Ex`can*des"cent\, adjective. [Latin expression excandescens, present participle of excandescere to take fire, glow; ex out (intens.) candescere to begin to glisten or glow, from candere. See Candid.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCANDESCENT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] White with heat.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Glowing with heat. 1883, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Addresses and Sermons Delivered During a Visit to the United States and Canada in 1878, Macmillan, p. 164. He will at last prevail, if only we have the grace to recognise Him, to seize the opportunities which, out of these excandescent heats, fly off as sparks from the anvil. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
