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Webster 1913 Edition


Incalescent

Inˊca-les′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
incalescens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
incalescere
to grow hot. See 1st
In-
, and
Calescence
.]
Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Webster 1828 Edition


Incalescent

INCALES'CENT

,
Adj.
Growing warm; increasing in heat.

Definition 2024


incalescent

incalescent

English

Adjective

incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)

  1. Becoming warmer, heating up.
    • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Mordecais' Endgame (Don't Point That Thing at Me), page 119:
      From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.

Latin

Verb

incalēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of incalēscō