ignescent

American

[ig-nes-uhnt] / ɪgˈnɛs ənt /

adjective

emitting sparks of fire, as certain stones when struck with steel.
bursting into flame.

noun

an ignescent substance.

ignescent British

/ ɪɡˈnɛsənt /

adjective

giving off sparks when struck, as a flint
capable of bursting into flame

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noun

an ignescent substance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ignescent

1820–30; < Latin ignēscent- (stem of ignēscēns ), present participle of ignēscere to catch fire, equivalent to ign ( is ) fire + -ēscent- -escent

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Through all the outbursts of her ignescent hate Sister Helen can never lose the ineradicable relics of her human love: But he and I are sadder still.

From Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Sir Hall Caine

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