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recrudescence

[ ree-kroo-des-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.

First recorded in 1715–25; from Latin recrūdēsc(ere) “to recrudesce ” + -ence

She accepted with a slight recrudescence of primness; but her eyes did not leave him now.

Fancy might have regarded the act as the recrudescence of a trick in which her armed progenitors were not unpractised.

The recrudescence of anthropomorphic sentiment also seems to have passed its most acute stage before the close of the eighties.

The year 1916 saw a recrudescence of both free-speech and strike activities.

Its recrudescence was chiefly due to the activity of the Communards.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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