14 December 2016

calescent

[kuh-les-uh nt]

adjective

1. growing warm; increasing in heat.

Origin of calescent

Latin

1795-1805; < Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns becoming warm, present participle of calēscere), equivalent to cal- (stem of calēre to be warm) + -ēscent- -escent

Related forms

calescence, noun

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This calescent mode of proceeding was adopted with the idea of exciting a counter-irritation in the diseased part.
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Today’s quote

The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

– Huey Newton

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