incalescent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin incalescent-, stem of incalescens, present participle of incalescere, from in + calescere (“to grow warm”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnkəˈlɛsənt/

Adjective

incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)

1. Becoming warmer; heating up.
   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Mordecais' Endgame (Don't Point That Thing at Me)‎^[1], page 119:

     From some undreamed-of reservoir my body summoned up a gravity tank of incalescent libido.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) incalēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incalēscō