Candescent
adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent.
"By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder."
Adjective
- 1 glowing from great heat wordnet
Example
More examples"By then the sky is lightening, sun candescent at the hill of her shoulder."
Etymology
From Latin candēscēns, present participle of candēscō (“to brighten, radiate, become red hot”).