See Also: escent(dictionary)

escent (iou)



-escent suffix.
[Repr. French -escent or Latin -escent- pres. ppl stem of verbs in -escere: see -ESCE, -ENT.]
In or forming adjectives with the sense 'beginning to assume a particular state, variation of colour, etc.', as effervescent, iridescent, obsolescent, phosphorescent, putrescent, etc.