candent

[kan-duhnt]

can·dent

[kan-duhnt]
adjective
glowing with heat; being at a white heat.

Origin:
1570–80; < Latin candent- (stem of candēns, present participle of candēre to be shining white), equivalent to cand- bright (see candid) + -ent- -ent
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Candent is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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candent (ˈkændənt)
 
adj
an archaic word for incandescent
 
[C16: from Latin candēre to shine]

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