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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

erumpens

-entis

, p. pr. of

erumpere

(Bot.)

Breaking out; – said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

erumpent ‎(comparative more erumpent, superlative most erumpent)

That emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.
- 1989, Nick Cave, And the Ass Saw the Angel:
  The sun spun aloft, an erumpent orb of balling glory thrilling the blue sky with its brilliance.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 155:
  He's never looked better on court or on monthly O.N.A.N.T.A. paper. He is erumpent.

ērumpent