rigescent

English

Etymology

From Latin rigescens, present participle from rigescere (“to grow stiff”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

rigescent (comparative more rigescent, superlative most rigescent)

1. Growing stiff or numb.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rigescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• resecting, secreting

Latin

Verb

rigēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of rigēscō