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incandescent

[ in-kuhn-des-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. (of light) produced by incandescence.
  2. glowing or white with heat.
  3. intensely bright; brilliant.
  4. brilliant; masterly; extraordinarily lucid:

    an incandescent masterpiece; incandescent wit.

  5. aglow with ardor, purpose, etc.:

    the incandescent vitality of youth.

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incandescent

/ ˌɪ԰æˈɛəԳ /

adjective

  1. emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot
  2. informal.
    extremely angry; raging
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳˈԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • c·cԳ· adverb
  • ԴDzi··cԳ adjective
  • ԴDzi··cԳ·ly adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incandescent1

1785–95; < Latin ԳԻŧԳ- (stem of ԳԻŧŧԲ ), present participle of ԳԻŧ to glow. See in- 2, candescent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of incandescent1

C18: from Latin incandescere to become hot, glow, from in- ² + candescere to grow bright, from Իŧ to be white; see candid
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Trump is incandescent about the EU's massive trade surplus.

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The challenge of writing about “Liberation Day” is that it is so incandescently stupid it amounts to a conceptual piñata: You can whack at it from any angle and get some reward for your effort.

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He displayed his displeasure during his first term in office: furious about Europe's low defence spending; incandescent over the EU's trade surplus with the US.

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Like the shape of an incandescent lightbulb or a Coca-Cola bottle, it’s universally known.

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In “Magnolia,” life is fundamentally, unavoidably, incandescently dramatic.

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