efflorescent

[ef-luh-res-uh nt]

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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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Related Words for efflorescent

decorative, budding, coming, outgoing, rising, appearing, developing, efflorescent, emanant, emanating, blooming, flowery, sylvan, verdant, botanic, dendritic, herbaceous

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Historical Examples of efflorescent

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

Word Origin and History for efflorescent

adj.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper