yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

candent

[ kan-duhnt ]

adjective

  1. glowing with heat; being at a white heat.


candent

/ ˈæԻəԳ /

adjective

  1. an archaic word for incandescent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of candent1

1570–80; < Latin candent- (stem of ԻŧԲ, present participle of Իŧ to be shining white), equivalent to cand- bright ( candid ) + -ent- -ent
Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of candent1

C16: from Latin Իŧ to shine
Discover More

Example Sentences

The low ceiling was fused where the day poured through, became a candent vapour, volatilised.

From

My candent bolts can in a moment reach And split their flying bark in the mid-sea.

From

The roof-ribs swarth, the candent hearth, the ruddy lurid row Of smiths that stand, an ardent band, like men before the foe!

From

The canoe going downstream appeared to dissolve in candent vapour.

From

The days were candent and vaporous, the heat by breakfast-time being such as we know at home in an early afternoon of the dog-days.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement