单词 | escent |
释义 | -escent in British Englishsuffix forming adjectives beginning to be, do, show, etc convalescent luminescent Derived forms -escence suffix forming nouns Word origin via Old French from Latin -ēscent-, stem of present participial suffix of -ēscere, ending of inceptive verbs-escent in American English (ˈɛsənt) 1. in the process of ____ing; starting to be, being, or becoming (as specified) obsolescent 2. giving off or reflecting light, or showing a play of color (as specified) phosphorescent Word origin L -escens (gen. -escentis), prp. ending of inceptive or inchoative verbs in -escereDefinition of '-escent' |
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