enascent

/ɪˈnæsənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: enascent
IPA: /ɪˈnæsənt/

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Meaning

adj

Just coming into being; nascent.

Example Sentences

"1744–1745, William Warburton, Remarks on Several Occasional Reflections. in which, you just get the first glimpse, as it were, of an enascent equivocation."
"With sweet vicissitudes of day and clime / Mark'd the new annals of enascent Time."

Etymology

From e- (“out”) + Latin nāscor (“be born”) + -ent, from Latin ēnāscēns, present participle of ēnāscor (“spring up”), from ēx- (“out”) + nāscor (“be born”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: e-
Root: nāscor
Suffix: -ent

Questions

How do you pronounce enascent?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈnæsənt/.

What does enascent mean?

Just coming into being; nascent.

Where does enascent come from?

It is traced to Latin.

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