efflorescent

English

Etymology

From Latin efflōrēscēns.[1] Compare French efflorescent. By surface analysis, effloresce +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

efflorescent (comparative more efflorescent, superlative most efflorescent)

  1. Bursting into flower.
  2. Growing at a rapid rate; flourishing.
  3. Forming a white dust or efflorescence on the surface.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:efflorescent.

References

  1. ^ “efflorescent, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.flɔ.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /e.flɔ.ʁe.sɑ̃/, /ɛf.flɔ.ʁɛs.sɑ̃s/[1]

Adjective

efflorescent (feminine efflorescente, masculine plural efflorescents, feminine plural efflorescentes)

  1. efflorescent

References

  1. ^ “efflorescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

efflōrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of efflōrēscō
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