recrudescent

English

Etymology

From Latin recrūdēscō (“I become raw again”); from re- + crūdēscō (“I become harsh or raw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkɹu(ː)ˈdɛsənt/

Adjective

recrudescent (not comparable)

1. Breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.

   This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a wholly new disease.

2. (archaic) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.

Hypernyms

• recurrent
• reemergent

Related terms

• recrudescence

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kʁy.dɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /ʁə.kʁy.de.sɑ̃/

Adjective

recrudescent (feminine recrudescente, masculine plural recrudescents, feminine plural recrudescentes)

1. recrudescent, reemerging

Related terms

• recrudescence

Further reading

• “recrudescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.