calescent

[kuh-les-uhnt]

adjective

1. growing warm; increasing in heat.

Other Word Forms

• calescence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of calescent¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; from Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns “becoming warm,” present participle of calēscere ), equivalent to cal- (stem of calēre “to be warm”) + -ēscent- adjective suffix indicating the beginning of a process or action; -escent

Example Sentences

And: “Scottsdale’s dry climate contradicts the clammy calescent of New Guinean condensation.”

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Tisdale favors transitional words like quiescent, nascent, and calescent to make sentences quiver with dreamlike mutability; they are always changing and becoming.

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Chefs — like Aaron Silverman behind the calescent Rose’s Luxury — are opening places where they live.

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This calescent mode of proceeding was adopted with the idea of exciting a counter-irritation in the diseased part.

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It should be brought up slowly to just above its calescent or hardening temperature.

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