calescent

[ kuh-les-uhnt ]

adjective

1. growing warm; increasing in heat.

Other Words From

• ca·les·cence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of calescent¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; from Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns “becoming warm,” present participle of calēscere ), equivalent to cal- (stem of calēre “to be warm”) + -ēscent- adjective suffix indicating the beginning of a process or action; -escent

Example Sentences

And: “Scottsdale’s dry climate contradicts the clammy calescent of New Guinean condensation.”

From Washington Post

Tisdale favors transitional words like quiescent, nascent, and calescent to make sentences quiver with dreamlike mutability; they are always changing and becoming.

From Slate

Chefs — like Aaron Silverman behind the calescent Rose’s Luxury — are opening places where they live.

From New York Times

This calescent mode of proceeding was adopted with the idea of exciting a counter-irritation in the diseased part.

From Project Gutenberg

It should be brought up slowly to just above its calescent or hardening temperature.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blazing
• boiling
• heated
• humid
• red
• scorching
• sizzling
• sultry
• sweltering
• torrid
• tropical
• warm
• white