germinant

[ jur-muh-nuhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

germinant

/ ˈdʒɜːmɪnənt /

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Latin germinant- (stem of germināns ), present participle of the verb germināre “to bud, sprout”

Huic cœli lilia germinant;Arrisus sponsi permanent;Ac nomen in fidelibusQuam filiorum medius.

She began to feel blindly that God was not alone the keeper of eternal Sabbaths, but the germinant heat at the heart of the world.

She might have rebelled, had it not been for that germinant idea of hers.

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