Dictionary

-escent en · X

Etymology

From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”). By surface analysis, -esce + -ent.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) beginning to be; becoming
2. (morpheme) resembling

Relateds

incalescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · lactescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · flavescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · albescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · pubescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · increscent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · spinescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · incandescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · putrescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · decrescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · tabescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · effervescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · acquiescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · excrescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · -escence (otherwise related) · juvenescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · prepubescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · suffrutescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · liquescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · accrescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · caulescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · frondescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · ramollescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · evanescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · canescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · marcescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · obsolescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · -esce (otherwise related) · quiescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · arborescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · rubescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · postpubescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · senescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · rufescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · virescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · adolescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · viridescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · tumescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed) · acaulescent (terms ending in -escent otherwise formed)