recrudescent

American  

[ree-kroo-des-uhnt] / ˌri kruˈdɛs ənt /

adjective

1. breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; reviving or reappearing.

   Recrudescent tuberculosis in that part of the world is presenting challenges for some ill-equipped health systems.

   The region is haunted by the specter of ethnic chauvinism and a recrudescent nationalism.

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recrudescent

The theater’s rich intellectual inheritance serves as a buffer to society’s recrudescent stupidity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

It was an ideal episode for his recrudescent success story for Downey did his telephonic trial while his wife was undergoing a surgical operation.*

From Time Magazine Archive

He hurried to his wife with the picture, and she called it “Mamise” with a recrudescent anguish of doubt.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh

He swore sharply and slapped again at a recrudescent flame upon his leg.

From The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Then the owner died, bankrupt, and for years it remained untenanted, the recrudescent bush slowly enveloping its once highly cultivated lands, and the deadly black snake, iguana, and 'possum harbouring among the deserted outbuildings.

From The Colonial Mortuary Bard; "'Reo," The Fisherman; and The Black Bream Of Australia 1901 by Louis Becke