Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fervescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fer-ves-cent
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing hotter.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Where’s the argentiferous wind-jammer of Nebraska whose fervescent oratory knocked the Chicago Convention head over heels?"

Etymology

From Latin fervescens, present participle of fervescere (“to become boiling hot, inchoate”), from fervere. See fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -escent.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: fervescens

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more fervescent (comparative) most fervescent (superlative)

Rhymes With

crescent fluorescent incessant incandescent antidepressant iridescent pubescent convalescent depressant effervescent luminescent quiescent

Questions

What does fervescent mean?: Growing hotter.
Where does fervescent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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