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-escent
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English
Etymology
From en la -ēscēns, present participle of la -esco -ēscō I become. en -esce -ent.
Suffix
beginning to be; becoming
resembling
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en terms ending in -escent otherwise formed acaulescent accrescent acquiescent adolescent albescent arborescent canescent caulescent decrescent effervescent evanescent excrescent flavescent frondescent incalescent incandescent increscent juvenescent lactescent liquescent marcescent obsolescent postpubescent prepubescent pubescent quiescent putrescent ramollescent rubescent rufescent senescent spinescent suffrutescent tabescent tumescent virescent viridescent
en otherwise related -esce<qq:and its derivatives> -escence<qq:and its derivatives>
Anagrams
en ceenst ctenes
en productive suffixes