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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surgent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
sur-gent
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Surging; rising.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin surgens, present participle of surgo (“rise, get up”).

Inflected Forms

more surgent (comparative) most surgent (superlative)

Derived Forms

resurgent

Rhymes With

urgent divergent insurgent detergent emergent convergent resurgent neurodivergent abstergent assurgent turgent vergent

Questions

What does surgent mean?
Surging; rising.
Where does surgent come from?
From Latin surgens, present participle of surgo (“rise, get up”).

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