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incalescent

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in⋅ca⋅les⋅cent

  [in-kuh-les-uhnt]
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–adjective
increasing in heat or ardor.
Origin:
1670–80; < L incalēscent- (s. of incalēscēns) prp. of incalēscere to become warm, glow. See in- 2 , calescent

Related forms:
in⋅ca⋅les⋅cence, noun
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in·ca·les·cent   (ĭn'kə-lěs'ənt)   
adj.  Growing hotter or more ardent.

[Latin incalēscēns, incalēscent-, present participle of incalēscere, to grow warm : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + calēscere, to grow warm, inchoative of calēre, to be warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
in'ca·les'cence n.
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