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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent.

   "From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido."

Example

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"From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido."

Etymology

From Latin incalēscēns, present participle of incalēscere, from in + calēscere (“to grow warm”).

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