efflorescent

[ef-luh-res-uh nt]

adjective

efflorescing; blossoming.
Chemistry.
1. subject to efflorescence.
2. covered with or forming an efflorescence.

Origin of efflorescent

1810–20; < Latin efflōrēscent- (stem of efflōrēscēns), present participle of efflōrēscere to effloresce; see -ent

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In nothing is it akin to Isabella's efflorescent Plateresque-Gothic.
Heroic Spain
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
By careful evaporation, efflorescent prismatic crystals may be obtained, soluble in 41⁄2 parts of water.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
And then the long hotel piazza came in view, efflorescent with the full-toiletted fair.
Tales of the Argonauts
Bret Harte
Their ordinary speech was ornate and efflorescent, throwing itself out in simile and hyperbole.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke
Henry Burton
To be so near the reality, the literal flesh and blood of what had been a long series of efflorescent dreams, quite stirred him.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
Frederic Remington

1818, from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens), present participle of efflorescere (see effloresce).