| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Growing warm; increasing in heat.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb incalescently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (incalescently) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective incalescent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INCALESCENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: INCALESCENT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Growing warm; increasing in heat.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Becoming warmer, heating up. 1973: From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 106). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
