Candent
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat. archaic
"beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure."
Adjective
- 1 emitting light as a result of being heated wordnet
Example
More examples"beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure."
Etymology
From Latin candentem, from candere.
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