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recrudescence|riːkruːˈdɛsəns|
[ad. L. type *recrūdēscentia, f. recrūdēscĕre: see prec. and -ence. Cf. F. recrudescence (Littré).]
1. The state or fact of breaking out afresh.
a. fig. Of a quality or state of things (usually one regarded as bad), a disease, epidemic, etc.
1721in Bailey. a1734North Exam. iii. viii. §64 (1740) 632 The King required some Regulations should be made for obviating the Recrudescence of those Ignoramus Abuses, for the future. 1863Sat. Rev. 1 Aug. 138/1 The recent victories have occasioned, as might have been expected, a recrudescence of calumny and malignity. 1865Mill Comte 24 The recrudescence..of a metaphysical Paganism in the Alexandrian..schools. 1884Standard 1 Aug., The fears of a recrudescence of the epidemic are now subsiding.
b. Of a wound or sore. Also in fig. context.
1865Pall Mall G. 14 Oct. 7/7 We must not forget what a spirit this has been, or how old and deep was the wound of which this is probably the last recrudescence. 1877Daily News 25 Jan. 6/5 The recrudescence of a varicose ulcer in the leg keeps him in bed most of the day.
2. transf. A revival or rediscovery (of something regarded as good or valuable).
1906H. W. & F. G. Fowler King's Eng. i. 15 A literary tour de force, a recrudescence, two or three generations later, of the very respectable William Lamb. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 900/2 The first fruit of this act of recrudescence was the catalogue of drawings. |