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gangrenescent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gan-grenes-cent
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

gangrenous (affected with gangrene)

Obsolete

Etymology

From gangrene + -escent.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more gangrenescent (comparative) most gangrenescent (superlative)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does gangrenescent mean?
gangrenous (affected with gangrene)
Where does gangrenescent come from?
From gangrene + -escent.

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