incandescent
adjective/ˌɪnkænˈdesnt/
/ˌɪnkənˈdesnt/
- (specialist) giving out light when heated
- incandescent lamps
- (formal) very bright
- incandescent white
- (formal) full of strong emotion; extremely angry
- an incandescent musical performance
- incandescent with something She was incandescent with rage.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing’, from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force) + candescere ‘become white’ (from candidus ‘white’).
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