† excandescencyn.
Obsolete.
(a) The quality or state of growing hot; an instance of the same. (b) Anger, passion.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [noun]
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > heated condition > so as to glow
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1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) i. vi. 26 In passions..I could adde welnie eleven more; as, mercy..excandescencie, envy, etc.
1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. 159 Causing a Distraction and Excandescency.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician viii. 306 A Hypercatharsis..drives the animal spirits into excandescencies, not easily appeased.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. 271 It raises my excandescency to listen to her. [Said by a lady who uses absurdly pedantic language.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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