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English
Etymology
From Latin incalescent-, stem of incalescens, present participle of incalescere, from in + calescere (“to grow warm”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)
- Becoming warmer; heating up.
1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Mordecais' Endgame (Don't Point That Thing at Me), page 119:From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.
Translations
Becoming warmer, heating up
Latin
Verb
incalēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of incalēscō