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decrescent

[ dih-kres-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. diminishing; decreasing.
  2. waning, as the moon.


decrescent

/ »åɪˈ°ì°ùÉ›²õÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
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Derived Forms

  • »å±ðˈ³¦°ù±ð²õ³¦±ð²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ð·³¦°ù±ð²õc±ð²Ô³¦±ð noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decrescent1

1600–10; < Latin »åŧ³¦°ùŧ²õ³¦±ð²Ô³Ù- (stem of »åŧ³¦°ùŧ²õ³¦Å§²Ô²õ ), present participle of »åŧ³¦°ùŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to decrease; -ent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decrescent1

C17: from Latin »åŧ³¦°ù±ð²õ³¦Å§²Ô²õ growing less; see decrease
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Example Sentences

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It is commonly borne with both points uppermost, but when representing the waning or the waxing moon—decrescent or increscent—its horns are turned to the sinister or dexter side of the shield.

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The clock was striking two, as they reached Tom quad, and the decrescent moon to contradict him was already above the roofs.

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The decrescent moon would scarcely survive the dawn, and meanwhile there would be darkness everywhere away from the golden heart of the dance in that great hall spinning with light and motion.

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The windows wide open let in across the sound of the burbling stream the warm air of the lucid May night, where bats and owls and evejars flew across the face of the decrescent moon.

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The warm May nights lulled them both, and they used to pass pleasant evenings leaning over the stream while the bats and fern-owls flew across the face of the decrescent moon; yet for Guy all the beauty of the season was more than ever endowed with intolerable fugacity.

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