incalescent

English

Etymology

From Latin incalēscēns, present participle of incalēscere, from in + calēscere (“to grow warm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnkəˈlɛsənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)

  1. Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Mordecais' Endgame (Don't Point That Thing at Me)‎[1], page 119:
      From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.

Translations

Latin

Verb

incalēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of incalēscō
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