candentadj.
/ˈkandənt/ Obsolete or archaic.
1. At a white heat; glowing with heat.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > glowing
glowingc1000
red?c1225
gledyc1385
ignite1575
candent1585
walming1601
calescent1804
candescent1824
1585 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 356 The colour of the fire of the 4 arches, is very red; The rest are very pure, Aërial, candent.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. ii. 60 Wires totally candent . View more context for this quotation
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvi. 283 The heat of a candent Æolipile.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xix. 141 Lord of the candent lightenings.
1800 Sir W. Herschell in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 296 Rays emanating from candent substances.
1832 Fergusson in Blackwood's Mag. 31 282 The candent hearth, the ruddy lurid row Of smiths.
2. figurative. Fervent, impassioned. rare.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective]
hotOE
anguishous?c1225
fire-burningc1275
burninga1340
ardentc1374
warm1390
fervent14..
fieryc1430
fired1561
feverous1576
glowinga1577
fervorous1602
ferventeda1627
tropica1631
torrid1646
fervid1656
candenta1687
ardurousa1770
tropical1795
aestuous1844
thermal1866
thermonous1888
a1687 R. McWard Επαγωνισμοι (1723) 170 Some Men..are keen and candent against any, who will do this.
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