单词 | -escent |
释义 | -escenta suffix of adjectives borrowed from Latin, where it expresses the beginning of an action or process; often corresponding to verbs ending in -esce and nouns ending in -escence: convalescent; recrudescent. Origin of -escentFrom Latin, stem of -ēscēns, present participle ending Words nearby -escentescarp, escarpment, Escaut, -esce, -escence, -escent, eschalot, eschar, escharotic, escharotomy, eschatological Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -escent-escent suffix forming adjectivesbeginning to be, do, show, etcconvalescent; luminescent Derived forms of -escent-escence, suffix forming nounsWord Origin for -escentvia Old French from Latin -ēscent-, stem of present participial suffix of -ēscere, ending of inceptive verbs Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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